The Man with the Wooden Leg by Katherine Mansfield
b"Mansfield read by Classic Poetry Aloud:\\nhttp://www.classicpoetryaloud.com/\\n\\nGiving voice to the poetry of the past.\\n\\n---------------------------------------------------\\n\\nThe Man with the Wooden Leg \\n\\nby Katherine Mansfield (1888 - 1923)\\n\\nThere was a man lived quite near us;\\nHe had a wooden leg and a goldfinch in a green cage.\\nHis name was Farkey Anderson,\\nAnd he'd been in a war to get his leg.\\nWe were very sad about him,\\nBecause he had such a beautiful smile\\nAnd was such a big man to live in a very small house.\\nWhen he walked on the road his leg did not matter so much;\\nBut when he walked in his little house\\nIt made an ugly noise.\\nLittle Brother said his goldfinch sang the loudest of all birds,\\nSo that he should not hear his poor leg\\nAnd feel too sorry about it."