Little Chris in the Garden This is the boy in the sun in the garden and These are the sights and the sounds of the summer, The sighing of grasses, the tinkling of water, The murmur of flowers, the creaking of beetles, The buzzing of bees and the flutter of butterflies. These are his sisters and friends of his sisters and This is the song of them singing, the song of The wheels of the bus going round, going round, going Round, going round, going round, going round In a sussurant pattern of sound all around in a Sussurant…
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