earl catton

Hiding

by Dorothy Aldis
I'm hiding, I'm hiding,
And no one knows where;
For all they can see is my
Toes and my hair.
And I just heard my father
Say to my mother -
"But, darling, he must be
Somewhere or other;
Have you looked in the inkwell?"
And Mother said, "Where?"
"In the INKWELL?" said Father. But
I was not there.
Then "Wait!" cried my mother -
"I think that I see
Him under the carpet." But
It was not me.
"Inside the mirror's
A pretty good place,"
Said Father and looked, but saw
Only his face.
"We've hunted," sighed Mother,
"As hard as we could
And I AM so afraid that we've
Lost him for good."
Then I laughed out aloud
And I wiggled my toes
And Father said - "Look, dear,
I wonder if those
Toes could be Benny's?
There are ten of them, see?"
And they WERE so surprised to find
Out it was me!

The Milky Way

Here I am inside it
looking there upon it

Do you carrot all for me?

~anonymous
Do you carrot all for me?
My heart beets for you,
With your turnip nose,
And your radish face,
You are a peach.
If we cantaloupe,
Lettuce marry;
Weed make a swell pear.

The Weather Feather

My brother studies wind and weather in his science class
he said they have a weather feather that tells them if the wind is fast
I wonder whether the weather feather would tell me if my sneeze
is as powerful as thunder weather or just a springly breeze

The Elephant

by Hilaire Belloc
When people call this beast to mind,
They marvel more and more
At such a little tail behind,
So large trunk before.

The Penny Pincher

Mars Up Thars

happy thought

by Robert Louis Stevenson