Shoes and Little Girls

Here is a poem I read to my girls when they were little. Their grandmother had a set of 'World Book Encyclopedia' and their favorite book was the one with children's literature selections. This poem was in it.

Choosing Shoes

by Frida Wolfe

New shoes, new shoes, Red and pink and blue shoes.

Tell me, what would you choose, If they'd let us buy?

Buckle shoes, bow shoes, Pretty pointy-toe shoes,

Strappy, cappy low shoes;

Let's have some to try.

Bright shoes, white shoes, Dandy-dance-by-night shoes,

Perhaps-a-little-tight shoes, Like some? So would I.

BUT

Flat shoes, fat shoes, Stump-along-like-that shoes,

Wipe-them-on-the-mat shoes,

That's the sort they'll buy.