Wise Replies
Reading edition
(Written for Uncle Thomas Cresswell, London, Eng.)
"Joan of Arc, and who was she?" Asked the teacher of little Leigh. "Wife of Noah, of course," said she, "Who sailed the ark upon the sea." "John's so wise he laughed at Leigh When she tried to answer me, So in the future for replies We'll always go to John the wise. Now what is lava, Johnnie, dear, Can it be found in places near?" "Why, certainly," said smiling John, "Most every day Dad puts it on, And covers nearly his whole face With lava thick in every place."