Mama's Hat

"MLB" wrote in message
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MatSav wrote:
"MLB" wrote in message
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Robert Lewis Stevenson's poem

I have a little shadow that goes round and round with me
And what can be the use of him is more than I can
see,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Anybody know the rest?

I didn't 'know' the rest, but Google was my friend:

My Shadow
by Robert Louis Stevenson

I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me,
And what can be the use of him is more than I can see.
He is very, very like me from the heels up to the head;
And I see him jump before me, when I jump into my bed.

The funniest thing about him is the way he likes to grow-
Not at all like proper children, which is always very slow;
For he sometimes shoots up taller like an India-rubber ball,
And he sometimes gets so little that there's none of him at
all.

He hasn't got a notion of how children ought to play,
And can only make a fool of me in every sort of way.
He stays so close beside me, he's a coward you can see;
I'd think shame to stick to nursie as that shadow sticks to
me!

One morning, very early, before the sun was up,
I rose and found the shining dew on every buttercup;
But my lazy little shadow, like an errant sleepy-head,
Had stayed at home behind me and was fast asleep in bed.

One of the Google links also led to this:

http://craftinsomniac.typepad.com/cr.../08/boots.html
:-)


Thanks for the post. I remembered it from long ago as a song
(sing-song?) but I was apparently wrong. Your backyard cat is
a beauty as is what I can see of your daughter. Best wishes.
MLB

Definitely not my back yard, and (as far as I know), I don't have
a daughter! That was just a link that I found following through
from my Google search for the poem.

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MatSav