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Was planned for him a pleasant jaunt
Across the waters blue.
And soon from head to foot complete
The little boy was dressed;
But yet no breakfast could he eat,
So full of joy his breast.
Ere ten o'clock their trunks were packed,
And all were in array,
Nor yet a piece of cake they lacked
To eat upon the way.
Oh, had you seen the pretty boat
With mast and sail and oar,
In which the happy party float
The peaceful billows o'er.
By pebbly shore and island green,
Where thick the bushes grew,
Each little girl and boy, I ween,
Had longed to be there too.
But soon they reached the island where
Their cousin kind had come
With greeting fair to meet them there,
And take them to his home.
