May
'Now children may
Go out of doors,
Without their coats,
To candy stores.
The apple branches
And the pear
May float their blossoms through the air,
And Daddy may
Get out his hoe
To plant tomatoes
In a row,
And afterwards,
May lazily
Look at some baseball
On TV.'
- John Updike 1932- 2009
The illustration is the from Cecily Mary Barker's 'A Flower Fairy Alphabet'.
Of course it could just as well be Mummy who is planting those tomatoes!
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