The “I Don’t Want To” Land

A little girl was out of sorts,

     And so one day she planned

To leave mamma and go into

     The “I-don’t-want-to” land.

She thought ‘twould be so easy there

     To live with naught to do;

She would not have to mind at all

     You see, the whole day through.

And so she went, and for a while

     ‘Twas bright and happy there;

But by and by the lights went out,

     And chill was in the air.

And horrid noises smote her ears,

     And it began to rain;

She fled from “I-don’t want-to” land,

     And came back home again.

Sept. 13, 1900