In the mirror

On the wall,

There's a face

I always see;

Round and pink,

And rather small,

Looking back again

At me.

It is very

Rude to stare,

But she never

Thinks of that,

For her eyes are

Always there;

What can she be

Looking at?

Taken from the The MacMillan Treasury of Nursery Ryhmes and Poems (Macmillan Children's Books, 17.50). (Every effort was made by the publisher to trace the copyright holder.)

Illustration by Kate Shepard.