A birdie with a yellow bill Hopped upon the window sill, Cocked his shining eye and said: 'Ain't you 'shamed, you sleepy-head?'
Poetry (Grades K-3) · Poem
Time to Rise
From Time to Rise by Robert Louis Stevenson (1885). Public domain.
Check your understanding
1. What color is the birdie's bill?
2. Where does the little bird hop?
3. What funny name does the bird call the person in the bed?
4. What is the bird trying to tell the person to do?