We built a ship upon the stairs
All made of the back-bedroom chairs,
And filled it full of sofa pillows.

We took a saw and several nails,
And water in the nursery pails;
And Tom said, "Let's is also take
An apple and a slice of cake," -
Which was enough for Tom and me
To go a-sailing on, till tea.

We sailed along for days and days,
And had the very best of plays;
But Tom fell out and hurt his knee.
So there was no one left but me.

            Robert Louis Stevenson
          A Child's Garden Verses