PAGE CORNER-OF-THE-STREET 1 BUCKINGHAM PALACE 2 HAPPINESS 4 THE CHRISTENING 5 PUPPY AND I 6 TWINKLETOES 9 THE FOUR FRIENDS 10 LINES AND SQUARES 12 BROWNIE 14 INDEPENDENCE 15 NURSERY CHAIRS 16 MARKET SQUARE 21 DAFFODOWNDILLY 28 WATER-LILIES 29 DISOBEDIENCE 30 SPRING MORNING 34 THE ISLAND 36 THE THREE FOXES 38 POLITENESS 41 JONATHAN JO 43 AT THE ZOO 46 RICE PUDDING 48 THE WRONG HOUSE 49 MISSING 52 THE KING’S BREAKFAST 55 HOPPITY 60 AT HOME 62 SUMMER AFTERNOON 65 THE DORMOUSE AND THE DOCTOR 66 SHOES AND STOCKINGS 71 SAND-BETWEEN-THE-TOES 73 KNIGHTS AND LADIES 75 LITTLE BO-PEEP AND LITTLE BOY-BLUE 76 THE MIRROR 79 HALFWAY DOWN 81 THE INVADERS 82 BEFORE TEA 83 TEDDY BEAR 85 BAD SIR BRIAN BOTANY 92 IN THE FASHION 95 THE ALCHEMIST 96 GROWING UP 97 IF I WERE KING 98 VESPERS[1] 99 [1: _This poem being in the Library of the Queen’s Dolls’ House, is printed here by special permission._] WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG [Illustration: Boy skipping followed by woman, with wind blowing leaves] CORNER-OF-THE-STREET Down by the corner of the street, Where the three roads meet, And the feet Of the people as they pass go “Tweet-tweet-tweet—” Who comes tripping round the corner of the street? One pair of shoes which are Nurse’s; One pair of slippers which are Percy’s . . . Tweet! Tweet! Tweet! [Illustration: Woman and boy entering the palace gate] BUCKINGHAM PALACE They’re changing guard at Buckingham Palace— Christopher Robin went down with Alice. Alice is marrying one of the guard. “A soldier’s life is terrible hard,” Says Alice.