Grade 2 · Poem
My Shadow
A garden lawn in warm afternoon sun. A girl of six with fair skin and a short blonde bob, in a red dress, white socks and brown shoes, walks along a stone path with her arms swinging. Her dark shadow falls beside her on the grass. Behind her are a white house, rosebushes, and a tabby cat dozing on a low wall.
I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me,
And what can be the use of him is more than I can see.
From "My Shadow" by Robert Louis Stevenson (1885) · My Shadow, Robert Louis Stevenson (1885)
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