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《A Light in the Attic》


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    <strong>Bear In There </strong>

    Theres a Polar Bear

    In our Frigidaire--

    He likes it cause its cold in there.

    With his seat in the meat

    And his fa the fish

    And his big hairy paws

    Itery dish,

    Hes nibbling the noodles,

    Hes mung the rice,

    Hes slurping the soda,

    Hes lig the ice.

    As out a roar

    If you open the door.

    And it gives me a scare

    To know hes in there--

    That Polary Bear

    In our Fridgitydaire.

    <strong>The Sitter</strong>

    Mrs. McTwitter was the baby-sitter

    I think shes a little bit crazy.

    She thinks a baby-sitters supposed

    To sit upon the baby.

    <strong>Picture Puzzle Piece</strong><u>.</u>

    One picture puzzle piece

    Lyin on the sidewalk,

    One picture puzzle piece

    Soakin in the rain.

    It<big></big> might be a button of blue

    On<tt></tt> the coat of the woman

    Who lived in a shoe.

    It might be a magical bean,

    Or a fold in the red

    Velvet robe of a queen.

    It might be the otle bite

    Of the apple her stepmother

    G.ave to Snow White.

    It might be the veil of a bride

    Or a bottle with some evil genie inside.

    It might be a small tuft of hair

    On the big bouncy belly

    Of Bobo the Bear.

    It might be a bit of the cloak

    Of the Witch of the West

    As she melted to smoke.

    It might be a shadowy trace

    Of a tear that runs down a<cite>?</cite>n angels face.

    Nothing has more possibilities

    Than one old wet picture puzzle piece.

    <strong>The Little Boy and the Old Man</strong>

    Said the little boy, &quot;Sometimes I drop my spoon.&quot;

    Said the old man, &quot;I do that too.&quot;

    The little boy whispered, &quot;I wet my pants.&quot;

    &quot;I do that too,&quot; laughed the little old man.

    Said the little boy, &quot;I often cry.&quot;

    The old man nodded, &quot;So do I.&quot;

    &quot;But worst of all,&quot; said the boy, &quot;it seems

    Grown-ups dont pay attention to me.&quot;

    And he felt the warmth of a wrinkled old hand.

    &quot;I know what you mean,&quot; said the little old man.

    <strong>Aer </strong>

    &quot;A geeater,&quot;

    The pet man told me dad.

    Turned out, it was an auer,

    And now my uncles mad!

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    <strong>What If </strong>

    Last night, while I lay thinking here,

    some Whatifs crawled inside my ear

    and pranced and partied all night long

    and sang their same old Whatif song:

    Whatif Im dumb in school?

    Whatif theyve closed the swimming pool?

    Whatif I get beat up?

    Whatif theres poison in my cup?

    Whatif I start to cry?

    Whatif I get sid die?

    Whatif I flunk that test?

    Whatif green hair grows on my chest?

    Whatif nobody likes me?

    Whatif a bolt of lightning strikes me?

    Whatif I dont grow talle?

    Whatif my head starts getting smaller?

    Whatif the fish wont bite?

    Whatif the wind tears up my kite?

    Whatif they start a war?

    Whatif my parents get divorced?

    Whatif the bus is late?

    Whatif my teeth dont grow in straight?

    Whatif I tear my pants?

    W<q>?９9lib.</q>hatif I never learn to dance?

    Everything seems well, and then

    the nighttime Whatifs strike again!

    <strong>SHAKING</strong>

    Geraldine now,stop shaking that cow

    For heavens sake,for yoursake and the cows sake.

    Thats the dumbest way Ive seen

    To make a milk shake.

    <strong>BLAME</strong>

    I wrote such a beautiful book for you

    Bout rainbows and sunshine

    And dreams that e true.

    But the goat went and ate it

    (You khat he would),

    So I wrote you another one

    Fast as I could.

    Of course it could never be

    Nearly as great

    As that beautiful book

    That the silly goat ate.

    So if you dont like

    This new book I just wrote---

    Blame the goat.

    <strong>LONGMOBILE</strong><u></u>

    Its the worlds lo car,I swear,

    It reaches from Beale Street to Washington Square.

    And once you get?9９liｂ. in it

    To go where yoing,

    You simply get out,cause youre there.

    <strong>HURK</strong>

    Id rather play tennis than go to the dentist.

    Id rather play soccer than go to the doctor.

    Id rather play Hurk than go to work.

    Hurk?Hurk?Whats Hurk?

    I dont know,but it must be better than work.

    <strong>MUSICAL CAREER</strong>

    S藏书网he wao play the piano,

    But her hands couldnt reach the keys.

    When her hands could finally reach the keys,

    Her feet couldnt reach the floor.

    When her hands could finally reach the keys,

    And her feet could reach the floor,

    She didnt want to play ol piano anymore.天涯在线书库《www.tianyabook.com》