Zodiac Town

It is a poetry book. Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day ; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'It were better to go and play. Ann was sure it was a waste of time. To bother a child with jingling rhyme. Amos said, 'What's the sense in rhythm — Feet and lines?' He had finished with 'em! They peered at the poem with scowly faces, And yawned and stumbled and lost their places. Then — a breeze romped by, and a bluebird sang, And they shut the book with a snap and a bang; Shut the book and were off and away, Away on flying feet; — Never did squirrels move more light, Or rabbits run more fleet!.