Miska Petersham - So they stood looking

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There on a high stool in a high tower on a high hill sits the Head Spotter

There on a high stool in a high tower on a high hill sits the Head Spotter (1922)

Miska Petersham
They held on to the long curved tails of the rusty rats

They held on to the long curved tails of the rusty rats (1922)

Miska Petersham
Then the uncles asked her the first question first

Then the uncles asked her the first question first (1922)

Miska Petersham
The monkey took the place of the traffic policeman

The monkey took the place of the traffic policeman (1922)

Miska Petersham
It seemed to him as though the sky came down close to his nose

It seemed to him as though the sky came down close to his nose (1922)

Miska Petersham
His hat was popcorn, his mittens popcorn and his shoes popcorn

His hat was popcorn, his mittens popcorn and his shoes popcorn (1922)

Miska Petersham
They stepped into the molasses with their bare feet

They stepped into the molasses with their bare feet (1922)

Miska Petersham
He opened the ragbag and took out all the spot cash money

He opened the ragbag and took out all the spot cash money (1922)

Miska Petersham
The balloons floated and filled the sky

The balloons floated and filled the sky (1922)

Miska Petersham
Away off where the sun was coming up there were people and animals

Away off where the sun was coming up there were people and animals (1922)

Miska Petersham
‘I am sure many people will stop and remember the Potato Face Blind Man’

‘I am sure many people will stop and remember the Potato Face Blind Man’ (1922)

Miska Petersham