 Sweet Days
Of Childhood
Page II
Sick
"I cannot go
to school today,"
Said little Peggy Ann McKay.
"I have the measles and the mumps,
A gash, a rash and purple bumps.
My mouth is wet, my throat is dry,
I'm going blind in my right eye.
My tonsils are as big as rocks,
I've counted sixteen chicken pox
And there's one more-that's seventeen,
And don't you think my face looks green?
My leg is cut, my eyes are blue-
It might be instamatic flu.
I cough and sneeze and gasp and choke,
I'm sure that my left leg is broke-
My hip hurts when I move my chin,
My belly button's caving in,
My back is wrenched, my ankle's sprained,
My 'pendix pains each time it rains.
My nose is cold, my toes are numb,
I have a sliver in my thumb.
My neck is stiff, my voice is weak,
I hardly whisper when I speak.
My tongue is filling up my mouth,
I think my hair is falling out.
My elbow's bent, my spine ain't straight,
My temperature is one-o-eight.
My brain is shrunk, I cannot hear,
There is a hole inside my ear.
I have a hangnail, and my heart is--what?
What's that? What's that you say?
You say today is...Saturday?
G'bye, I'm going out to play!"
--Shel Silverstein
****
The Land of Nod
- From
breakfast on through all the day
- At home
among my friends I stay,
- But every
night I go abroad
- Afar into
the land of Nod.
- All by
myself I have to go,
- With none to
tell me what to do--
- All alone
beside the streams
- And up the
mountain-sides of dreams.
- The
strangest things are these for
me,
- Both things
to eat and things to see,
- And many
frightening sights abroad
- Till morning
in the land of Nod.
- Try as I
like to find the way,
- I never can
get back by day,
- Nor can
remember plain and clear
- The curious
music that I hear.
--Robert Louis
Stevenson
****
At Mrs. Appleby's
- When frost
is shining on the trees,
- Its spring
at Mrs. Applebys
- You smell it
in the air before
- You step
inside the kitchen door
-
- Rows of
scarlet flowers bloom
- From every
window in the room
- And funny
little speckled fish
- Are swimming
in a china dish
-
- A tiny bird
with yellow wings
- Just sits
and sings and sings and sings
- Outside when
frost is on the trees
- Its spring
at Mrs. Applebys.
--Elizabeth Upham
McWebb
****
Anne Of Green Gables
by Lucy Maud
Montgomery
- "The
little birds sang as if it were
- The one day
of summer in all the year."
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Anne Of Avonlea
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Anne Of The Island
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Anne's House Of
Dreams
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Chronicles Of
Avonlea
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Smart
My dad gave me one
dollar bill
'Cause I'm his smartest son,
And I swapped it for two shiny quarters
'Cause two is more than one!
And then I took the
quarters
And traded them to Lou
For three times -- I guess he don't know
That three is more than two!
Just then, along
came old blind Bates
And just 'cause he can't see
He gave me four nickles for my three
dimes,
And four is more than three!
And I took the
nickels to Hiram Coombs
Down at the seed-feed store,
And the fool gave me five pennies for
them,
And five is more than four!
And then I went and
showed my dad,
And he got red in the cheeks
And closed his eyes and shook his head--
Too proud of me to speak!
--Shel Silverstein
****
Oh Dear! What Can
The Matter Be?
Oh, dear! What can
the matter be?
Oh, dear! What can the matter be?
Oh, dear! What can the matter be?
Johnny's so long at the fair.
He promised to buy me a trinket to please
me
And then for a smile, oh, he vowed he
would tease me
He promised to buy me a bunch of red
roses
To tie up my bonnie brown hair.
Oh, dear! What can the matter be?
Oh, dear! What can the matter be?
Oh, dear! What can the matter be?
Johnny's so long at the fair.
He promised to bring me a basket of
posies
A garland of lilies, a gift of red roses
A little straw hat to set off the blue
ribbons
That tie up my bonnie brown hair.
Oh, dear! What can the matter be?
Oh, dear! What can the matter be?
Oh, dear! What can the matter be?
Johnny's so long at the fair.
--Unknown
****
Ten Men In A Bed
There were ten in a
bed and the little one said
"Roll over, roll over"
So they all rolled over and one fell out
There were nine in a bed and the little
one said
"Roll over, roll over"
So they all rolled over and one fell out
There were eight in a bed and the little
one said
"Roll over, roll over"
So they all rolled over and one fell out
There were seven in a bed and the little
one said
"Roll over, roll over"
So they all rolled over and one fell out
There were six in a bed and the little
one said
"Roll over, roll over"
So they all rolled over and one fell out
There were five in a bed and the little
one said
"Roll over, roll over"
So they all rolled over and one fell out
There were four in a bed and the little
one said
"Roll over, roll over"
So they all rolled over and one fell out
There were three in a bed and the little
one said
"Roll over, roll over"
So they all rolled over and one fell out
There were two in a bed and the little
one said
"Roll over, roll over"
So they all rolled over and one fell out
There was one in a bed and the little one
said
"I'm lonely."
--Unknown
****
You are my sunshine
My only sunshine
You make me happy
When skies are gray
You'll never know, dear
How much I love you
Please don't take my sunshine away
****
Twinkle, Twinkle
- Twinkle,
twinkle, little star
- How I wonder
what you are
- Up above the
world so high
- Like a
diamond in the sky.
--Jane Taylor
****
Twinkle, Twinkle
- Twinkle,
twinkle, little bat
- How I wonder
where your at
- Up above the
world, you fly
- Like a
tea-tray in the sky
-
- --The Mad
Hatter
- (Lewis
Carroll)
****
Rock-a-bye baby
Rock-a-bye, baby, in
the treetop,
When the wind blows the cradle will rock;
When the bough breaks the cradle will
fall,
And down will come baby, cradle and all.
Baby is drowsing, cosy and fair.
Mother sits near, in her rocking chair.
Forward and back the cradle she swings,
And though baby sleeps, he hears what she
sings.
From the high rooftops down to the sea,
No one's as dear as baby to me.
Wee little fingers, eyes wide and bright
--
Now sound asleep until morning light
****
Simple Simon
- Simple Simon
met a pieman,
Going to the fair.
Said Simple Simon to the pieman,
"Let me taste your
ware."
- Said the
pieman unto Simon,
- "Show
me first your penny."
Said Simple Simon to the pieman,
- "Indeed
I have not any."
****
Daffy Down Dilly
Has come to town
In a yellow petticoat
And a green gown.
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Hat
Teddy said it was a
hat,
So I put it on.
Now Dad is saying,
"Where the heck's
the toilet plunger gone?"
--Shel Silverstein
****
Once I saw a little
bird
Come hop, hop, hop.
And I cried, "Little bird,
Will you stop, stop, stop?"
I was going to the
window
To say, "How do you do?"
When he shook his little tail
And away he flew
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