Dedication.

For all bonny bairns, little boys, little girls, With blue eyes or brown eyes, with tangles or curls, Here are pictures and stories, whatever your mood, To help you all smile, and to make you all good; To put you to sleep; to make you forget Your pain when you’re sick, your frowns when you fret. The children you’ll find here, all did as you do, And hope you will love them, for they all love you.