In the nursery there are birds
and butterflies,
animals of every kind,
and a big box of toys.
We can be happy,
girls and boys,
if we survive
the nursery.
We shall live long lives
if the nursery
survives us.
ᏗᎦᏘᏗᏍᏗ-ᏗᏂᏲᏟ ᎭᏫᎾ
ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᏥᏍᏆᏗ ᎠᎴ ᎧᎹᎹᏗ,
ᏂᎦᏛ ᎤᏍᏗ ᎦᎾᏝᎢᏗ,
ᎠᎴ ᎡᏆ ᎧᏁᏌᎢ ᏗᏁᎸᏙᏗ.
ᎢᏧᎳ ᏰᎵᏆᏎ ᎨᏒᎢ ᎠᎵᎮᎵᏍᏗ,
ᎠᎨᏳᏣᏗ ᎠᎴ ᎠᏧᏣᏗ,
ᎢᏳᏃ ᎢᏧᎳ ᎬᎵᏱᎵᏐᏎ-ᎠᎴᏂᏙᎢ
ᏗᎦᏘᏗᏍᏗ-ᏗᏂᏲᏟ ᎤᎶᏐᏅ.
ᎢᏧᎳ ᎠᎴᏂᏙᎣᏎ ᎦᏅᎯᏓ ᎥᎴᏂᏙᎲᏗᏁ
ᎢᏳᏃ ᏗᎦᏘᏗᏍᏗ-ᏗᏂᏲᏟ
ᎬᎵᏱᎵᏐᏎ-ᎠᎴᏂᏙᎢ
ᎢᏧᎸ ᎤᎶᏐᏅ.
Text © 2019 by Donald C. Traxler.
