Toot! Toot!
author unknown
A peanut sat on a railroad track, His heart was all a-flutter;
The five-fifteen came rushing by— Toot! toot! peanut butter!
Smart
by Shel Silverstein
My dad gave me one dollar bill ‘Cause I’m his smartest son,
And I swapped it for two shiny quarters ‘Cause two is more than one!
Algy Met a Bear author unknown
Algy met a bear, A bear met Algy. The bear was bulgy, The bulge was
Algy’.
And then I took the quarters
And traded them to Lou
For three dimes—I guess he don’t know
That three is more than two!
Just then, along came old blind Bates
And just ’cause he can’t see
He gave me four nickels for my three dimes, And four is more than three!
And I took the nickels to Hiram Coombs Down at the seed-feed store, And
the fool gave me five pennies for them, And five is more than four!
And then I went and showed my dad, And he got red in the cheeks
And closed his eyes and shook his head— Too proud of me to speak!
Amelia Mixed the Mustard
by A. E. Housman
Amelia mixed the mustard,
She mixed it good and thick;
She put it in the custard
And made her Mother sick, And showing satisfaction
By many a loud huzza “Observe,” said she, “the action
Of mustard on Mamma.”
Man Is a Fool
author unknown
As a rule, man is a fool.
When it’s hot, he wants it cool.
When it’s cool, he wants it hot.
Always wanting what is not.
A Choosy Wolf
by X.J. Kennedy
“Why won’t you eat me, wolf?” I asked. “It wouldn’t be much fun to.
Besides, I’m into natural foods
That nothing has been done to.”
The Slithergadee
by Shel Silverstein
The Slithergadee has crawled out of the sea.
He may catch all the others, but he won’t catch me. No you won’t catch
me, old Slithergadee,
You may catch all the others, but you wo—
