• i have a little shadow
    that goes in and out with me
    and what can be the use of him
    is more than i can see
    he is very very like me
    from the heels up to the head
    and i see him jump before me when i jump into my bed
    the funniest thing about him is the way he likes to grow
    not at all like proper children which is always very slow
    for he sometimes shoots up taller like an indian-rubber ball
    and he sometimes gets so little that theres none of him at all
    one morning very early before the sun i was up
    i rose and found the shinning dew on every butter cup
    but my lazy little shadow
    like an arrant sleepy head
    had stayed at home behind me
    and was fast asleep in bed