St. Nicholas/Volume 41/Number 2/The First Letter

by Nora Bennett

We ’ve dipped the pen into the ink;: Now hald your hand just so. And first we ’ll make a big round “S,” To start the word, you know.

And then a little “a” comes next, An “n,”, a “t” and “a”— Perhaps, if we try very hard, We 'll finish it to-day.