Excerpt from The Flag of Peace: And Other Poems The Indian man a long arrow drew And shot the big crocodile almost through The jumping jack swung each arm for a slam, And hit the big wolf and little white lamb. Then the mouse and the dog, they ran so fast That they frightened the doll as they ran past. They made such a noise, they made such a clatter That Santa Claus came to inquire the matter; He called up his court and he tried them all From the wise old owl and the mouse so small, To the soldier boy there, with loaded gun, And the big black crow that laughed at the fun. With strings very strong he bound them tight, And sentenced them each that very night. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.