Oooops!

            Jessie Wilcox Smith

MONDAY'S CHILD

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Verses for Children

OOOPS!

Children chatter. Sparrows chirp.

Sometimes little monkeys...... burp!

Henrietta says I'm rude,

Says I mustn't gulp my food.

I do my best to toe the line,

But 'people' manners just aren't mine.

She's decked me in a silly bow,

Although you'd think that she would know

That I'm a creature from the wild,

Not some prissy little child!

I'll make her laugh! Ah! Now you see

She has giggled in her tea!

See! My little Henrietta!

Your manners aren't a great deal better!

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MADE TO MEASURE!

A man approached a carpenter for a box he wanted made;
He wanted it by the next morning; it could not be delayed.
'I need it to be two inches high, also two inches wide,
But it has to be at least fifty feet on the longest side.'
Two by two plus fifty feet!' the carpenter gasped with horror.
'Yes' said the man 'And please make sure it's ready by tomorrow.'
The carpenter said 'I'll make the box; I'll start this very minute,
But, please, I beg you, tell me what you're going to put in it!'
'Well then' said the customer 'This is how it goes...
I'm returning something borrowed.
It's my neighbour's garden hose.'
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