Category: Life with Children

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Goodbye Dolly

He’s been my little baby doll Since the birthday that I turned two. Back then he had all of his hair; I hugged him and I named him Sue. Tonight, before I went to bed, I threw my little doll away. I threw him in the garbage pail And told him he would have to […]

Chapstick

Our ten-year-old cat died. She had been a good friend, She was very loving And loyal to the end. Our little four-year-old Sadly told me, as he cried, “I couldn’t find your chapstick And that’s why kitty died. “Her bottom was all chapped And that’s why she got sick. It made her feel better When […]

It Must Be All Right

“Oh, no,” he said to his little girl, “That light was red, and I drove right through!” “Well it must be all right,” she told him, “‘Cause the cop behind us did it too!”

Gray Hair

“Mommy, look, another gray hair Just why do you have so many?” “Each time you are bad I get one. When you’re good, I don t get any.” Suzy looked at Grandma’s picture Then with voice a little sad. “Mommy, when you were still little Were you really all that bad?”

Irony

A stupid goat ate my homework. I know that she won’t believe it. Once the goat got started eating There’s no way I could retrieve it. I think all teachers are alike, They don’t want to believe the truth. Russian spies really stole my books Out of the drugstore pay-phone booth. When space aliens took […]