Holiday Memories by Ruth Collie — Read

Now, hold your breath; oh, do not talk, for Baby has begun to walk! / Travel all the world with me, no greater sight we'll ever see than / Baby, fat legs wide apart, smiling, gurgling, bless his heart! Left / foot, right foot -- well, I never, isn't he extremely clever! Yes, of / course, I liked the Rhine. The castles were extremely fine. Cologne / Cathedral robs one quite of the power to speak or write. Hans Sachs' / house and Dürer's, too, these were sights indeed to view. A Market / Place with many treasures added much to Nurnberg's pleasures. But / none of this thrilled me so much as just this little human touch -- a / quaint Dutch house, an open door, a mother sitting on the floor with / hands outstretched and eyes aflame, whilst t'ward her, swaying, Baby / came. Left foot, right foot -- please don't talk, for Baby has begun / to walk!