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Drying their Wings

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(Moon Poems for the Children/Fairy-tales for the Children)              (What the Carpenter Said)          The moon's a cottage with a door.          Some folks can see it plain.          Look, you may catch a glint of light,          A sparkle through the pane,          Showing the place is brighter still          Within, though bright without.          There, at a cosy open fire          Strange babes are grouped about.          The children of the wind and tide -          The urchins of the sky,          Drying their wings from storms and things          So they again can fly.

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