The Secret

I heard the 1st and 2nd graders saying this recently. I still have it memorized from when I was in 1st grade. It is a good poem for springtime.

The Secret

We have a secret, just we three

The robin, I, and the sweet cherry tree;

The bird told the tree, and the tree told me,

And nobody knows it, but just we three.

But of course, the robin knows best

Because she built the --- I shan't say the rest;

And laid the four little--- something in it--

I am afraid I shall tell it every minute.

But if the tree and the robin don't peep,

I'll try my best the secret to keep;

But I know when the little birds fly about

Then the whole secret will be out.

~Anonymous