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“THE LITTLE BLUE DEVIL
“The wind went down with the sunset,
The fog came up with the tide,
When the Witch of the North took an egg-shell
With a little Blue Devil inside.
‘Sink,’ she said, ‘or swim,’ she said,
‘It’s all you will get from me.
And that is the finish of him,’ she said.
And the egg-shell went to sea.
The fog came up with the tide,
When the Witch of the North took an egg-shell
With a little Blue Devil inside.
‘Sink,’ she said, ‘or swim,’ she said,
‘It’s all you will get from me.
And that is the finish of him,’ she said.
And the egg-shell went to sea.
“The wind came up with the morning,
The fog blew off with the rain
When the Witch of the North saw the egg-shell
And the little Blue Devil again.
‘Did you swim?’ she said; ‘Did you sink?’ she said,
And the little Blue Devil replied,
‘For myself, I swam, but I think,’ he said,
‘There’s somebody sinking outside.’”
The fog blew off with the rain
When the Witch of the North saw the egg-shell
And the little Blue Devil again.
‘Did you swim?’ she said; ‘Did you sink?’ she said,
And the little Blue Devil replied,
‘For myself, I swam, but I think,’ he said,
‘There’s somebody sinking outside.’”
Rudyard Kipling.