On the wall,
There's a face
I always see;
Round and pink,
And rather small,
Looking back again
At me.
It is very
Rude to stare,
But she never
Thinks of that,
For her eyes are
Always there;
What can she be
Looking at?
Taken from the The MacMillan Treasury of Nursery Ryhmes and Poems (Macmillan Children's Books, 17.50). (Every effort was made by the publisher to trace the copyright holder.)
Illustration by Kate Shepard.
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