Entries from November 2007 ↓

I told the magic genie I wanted to be a pirate And sail the seven seas. I knew the magic genie Wanted very much to please. He knew that I’d return him To his little genie bottle If he didn’t grant my wish. His bottle was quite crowded With two monkeys and a fish. So [...]

We raced out to the old tire swing, It had hung there through the summer. For him to beat me for first swing, Had really been a bummer. But when he jumped into the swing, I laughed so hard I could have cried. A swarm of wasps had found the tire And built their paper [...]

Grandpa said he saw a house fly, That’s the silliest thing I’d heard. Grandpa likes to tease us kids, Sometimes you can’t believe a word. When I told him a house can’t fly, He said he saw a horse fly too. I know that when he teases me The things he says aren’t always true. [...]

Some grown-ups put up warning signs To try and scare bad guys away. When it is dark, they can’t be read, And bad guys aren’t out when it’s day. Dad says bad guys drop out of school, So warning signs have little need. If bad guys are drop-outs from school, They probably can’t even read.

“It would eat us out of house and home!” Is what my mother said. “Besides, I think I read somewhere, That all the dinosaurs are dead.” “It would eat us out of house and home,” My mother said to me again. “We wouldn’t know what to feed it, Or even how we should begin.” “Our [...]