22 FEBRUARY 1930, Page 14

Gleeful Moon LAST night in the wood I met a

witch.

She was up to no good, She had gotten a flitch And a fattened brood Of the New Year chicks : Nuts, apples red And a loaf of bread.

She mounted the wind. Her hair streamed.

And the moon grinned And hungrily beamed.

Yes, the moon gloated, - Spilling silver drops, And gleefully floated Thro' the pine-tree tops.

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