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Butterfly Laughter
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| Poems ~ Butterfly Laughter written by Katherine Mansfield |
| 1923. |
In the middle of our porridge plates
There was a blue butterfly painted
And each morning we tried who should reach the
butterfly first.
Then the Grandmother said: "Do not eat the poor
butterfly."
That made us laugh.
Always she said it and always it started us laughing.
It seemed such a sweet little joke.
I was certain that one fine morning
The butterfly would fly out of our plates,
Laughing the teeniest laugh in the world,
And perch on the Grandmother's lap.
| This work is in the public domain in countries where the copyright term is the author's life plus 70 years or less. |
