Butterfly on painted wing [poem]

Title: Butterfly on painted wing [poem]
Language: English
Year: 1940
Subject: Philippine poetry (English); Children's poetry, English
Rights
Fulltext: August, 1940 THE YOUNG CITIZEN 289 FOR THIRD GRADERS BUTTERFLY ON PAINTED WING BUTTERFLY on painted wing, Don't you wish that you could sing? Don't you wish th~t you could fly Like a bird up in the sky? No, my child, I'm glad to be Just what God intended me; So I fly from flow'r to flow'r Making bright each happy hour. God gave me some work to do Just as He has giv'n to you; Ea~h one has a place to fill, Each must do the Father's will. CHOOSE THE CORRECT PHRASE Choose the correct phrase from those given. Write it in the blank. Draw a line through the undesirable phrase. 1. I saw a butterfly - - . from flower---. " (in a nest, on a flower) (to school, to flower) 2. I saw a bird ---. ··7. I heard the sweet song ---. (under the ground, in the sky) (of the butterfly, of the bird) 3. The mother bird sits ---. 8. God has given work ---. (on the nest, on the chair) (to the butterfly, to nobody) 4. The little birds live--. 9. God has ·given work to you (in the nest, in the water) and---. 5. The butterfly gets nectar --. (to you, to me) . (from the fruits, from the 10. My work is at school flowers) and---. 6. The butterfly said, "I fly (at home, in the street)
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