All day long they come and go-- <br /> Pittypat and Tippytoe; <br /> Footprints up and down the hall, <br /> Playthings scattered on the floor, <br /> Finger-marks along the wall, <br /> Tell-tale smudges on the door-- <br /> By these presents you shall know <br /> Pittypat and Tippytoe. <br /> How they riot at their play! <br /> And a dozen times a day <br /> In they troop, demanding bread-- <br /> Only buttered bread will do, <br /> And the butter must be spread <br /> Inches thick with sugar too! <br /> And I never can say "No, <br /> Pittypat and Tippytoe!" <br /> Sometimes there are griefs to soothe, <br /> Sometimes ruffled brows to smooth; <br /> For (I much regret to say) <br /> Tippytoe and Pittypat <br /> Sometimes interrupt their play <br /> With an internecine spat; <br /> Fie, for shame! to quarrel so-- <br /> Pittypat and Tippytoe! <br /> Oh the thousand worrying things <br /> Every day recurrent brings! <br /> Hands to scrub and hair to brush, <br /> Search for playthings gone amiss, <br /> Many a wee complaint to hush, <br /> Many a little bump to kiss; <br /> Life seems one vain, fleeting show <br /> To Pittypat and Tippytoe! <br /> And when day is at an end, <br /> There are little duds to mend; <br /> Little frocks are strangely torn, <br /> Little shows great holes reveal, <br /> Little hose, but one day worn, <br /> Rudely yawn at toe and heel! <br /> Who but you could work such woe, <br /> Pittypat and Tippytoe! <br /> On the floor and down the hall, <br /> Rudely smutched upon the wall, <br /> There are proofs in every kind <br /> Of the havoc they have wrought, <br /> And upon my heart you'd find <br /> Just such trade-marks, if you sought; <br /> Oh, how glad I am 'tis so, <br /> Pittypat and Tippytoe!<br /><br />Eugene Field<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/pittypat-and-tippytoe/
