Nonsense for Kids
"Woof!" said the dog to the pussy cat
"Get out of the master's chair,
There's a space by the clock on the mantle shelf
Go and sit up there."
"Excuse me" said the elephant,
when the tooth fairy came to call.
"Just five pence for a tusk that big,
you skinflint! Is that all?"
"It's a funny thing" said the vicar
"but I'm sure you'll see I'm right.
I seem to be much smallerwhen I kneel to pray at night"
The Clock
The hands of the clock had an argument
as it ticked away time on the wall.
Said the hour hand "I'm more than important than you
even though I'm only small,
that it's just past six o'clock
and although you may show that it's three minutes past
withou me - three minutes past what?"
The second hand went rushing past them
sixty times an hour saying
"'cause I move so quick, I show
that the main spring still has power."
Now the cogs and gears got fed-up
with them arguing all the time,
and so to keep them far apart -
it stopped at a quarter past nine.
The Tiger
"There's a tiger in our garden.I see him when I play.
I saw him only yesterday
and he's there again today."
"He's peeping from beneath a bush
behind the garden shed.
I wonder if he'll come to play
before it's time for bed?"
"We had chicken nuggets tea time
and I've saved one for his treat,
'cause I do believe that nuggets
are what tigers like to eat."
"It's cold out now" said mother
"don't forget your scarf and hat.
and as you're going out there,
take this milk for next door's cat."
