Forgiven
A. A. Milne
1882 to 1956
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We went to all the places which a beetle might be near,
I put him in a match-box, and I kept him all the day...
And Nanny's very sorry too for you-know-what-she-did,
Yes, Nanny let my beetle out -
And he had a sort of look as if he thought it must be Me,
And he had a sort of look as if he thought he ought to say:
It was Alexander Beetle I'm as certain as can be,
And Beetle ran away.
She said she didn't mean it, and I never said she did,
"A beetle-house and Alexander Beetle coming out!"
And I called him Alexander and he answered just the same.
So Nan and Me are friends, because it's difficult to catch
She said that she was sorry, and I really mustn't mind,
I found a little beetle; so that Beetle was his name,
And I saw a kind of something, and I gave a sort of shout:
If we looked about the garden for the holes where beetles hid -
And we made the sort of noises which a beetle likes to hear,
As there's lots and lots of beetles which she's certain we could find,
"I'm very very sorry that I tried to run away."
She said that she was sorry, but it's difficult to catch
She said she wanted matches and she just took off the lid,
She went and let my beetle out -
An excited sort of beetle you've mistaken for a match.
And we'd get another match-box and write BEETLE on the lid.
And Nanny let my beetle out -
And she's writing ALEXANDER very blackly on the lid,
An excited Alexander you've mistaken for a match.