Little Sarah stood by her grandmother’s bed,
“Now what shall I get for your breakfast?” she said.
“You may get me a johnny-cake. Quickly go make it,
In one minute mix, and in two minutes bake it.”
Sarah gathering flour
So Sarah went to the closet to see
If yet any meal in the barrel might be.
[112]The barrel had long been as empty as wind,
And not a speck of corn meal could she find.
But grandmother’s johnny-cake, still she must make it,
In one minute mix, and in two minutes bake it.
Sarah at store
She ran to the store, but the storekeeper said,
“I have none. You must go to the miller, fair maid,
For he has a mill, and he’ll put the corn in it,
And grind you some nice yellow meal in a minute.
Now run, or the johnny-cake, how will you make it,
In one minute mix, in two minutes bake it?”
Sarah talking to miller
Then Sarah she ran every step of the way,
But the miller said, “No, I have no meal to-day.
Run, quick, to the cornfield, just over the hill,
And if any corn’s there, you may fetch it to mill.
Run, run, or the johnny-cake, how will you make it,
In one minute mix, in two minutes bake it?”
Sarah running
She ran to the cornfield—the corn had not grown,
[113]Though the sun in the blue sky pleasantly shone.
“Pretty sun,” cried the mai............