THE ECHO
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I LAUGHED in woods down where a brook Ran off with little leaps, An answer came from some fern-nook, And then another made me look Off in the dark tree-deeps. I ran to all the nooks to see If I could find the one Who heard me first, and answered me— Each place was still as it could be, As far as I could run. Nurse said, "There's no one to be caught. It's just the echo's glee." But then I know that it was not! The little wood-elves all forgot, And laughed out loud with me.
