Re-writing "Amusing Tales"

Rose was taking a walk
when she spied a child perched on a rock.

"My dear, you must get arise."
"But ma'am, I am trying to hear my sister's cries."

Knowing there was a child in trouble, Rose grabbed her trusty pet
and the two sought out and found the lost girl trapped and breaking a sweat.

But soon Rose's loyal dog
pulled the little girl out of the bog.

Meanwhile, Rose had arranged a small cart
to take the other sister to town. On the ride her sad face tugged on a boy's heart.

After the rescue, Rose propped the scared girl up
and let her ride to town on the rescuing pup.

Rose reunited the girls and was going to send them home,
but they said that their parents had left them behind when they decided to roam.

Rose promised to look after them and then the new family heard a band play,
they had been hired to raise the girls' spirits by the boy who had seen a sister earlier that day.

(Prompt by me)

Amusing Tales by Arthur Park ca. 1840
Readable here

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