THAT LITTLE CHAP

THAT FOLLOWS ME

A careful man,

I ought to be;

a little fellow

follows me;

I do not dare

to go astray

for fear he'll go

the self-same way.

I cannot once

escape his eyes;

whatever he sees me do,

he tries;

Like me, he says,

he's going to be;

that little chap

that follows me.

He thinks that I

am good and fine,

believes in every

word of mine;

the bad in me,

he must not see;

my life to him must

an example be.

     I must remember,

as I go

through summer's sun

and winter's snow,

I'm building for

the years to be,

for that little chap

that follows me.

Author ~ Unknown