The Boy who wouldn't
The Boy is the hero of this book,
So take a moment to pause and look.
Share his adventures, along the way,
Some with consequences, he has to pay.
Our boy is good, and funny too,
Do you think The Boy, could be you?
March 18, 2019
From morning to night he sucked his thumb, It was soft and wrinkled like an old plum. It began to grow at an alarming rate He […]
July 20, 2019
“Empty drums make most noise” Said Mr Brown over the wall. Wondering if this was true at all The Boy, water he poured into pails, on […]
March 18, 2019
The Boy’s jaws ached, but he couldn’t stop chewing, He liked the crunch, the taste, the bubble blowing. One day a huge balloon he blew Then […]
July 23, 2020
Like a spring, he sprang into action.Not quite deciding in which direction.leaving his legs, in a terrible tangleAs he falls, hitting his head, on the wooden […]
April 30, 2019
The Boy told his granny, her teeth were brown,And that her face deeply furrowed, when she frowned.So first to the dentists she ran, to the edge […]
March 18, 2019
The Boy refused to leave the pool, Despite the weather turning cool, His fingers and toes were turning blue, And skin wrinkly and soggy too. His […]
March 18, 2019
His mother said, he could lose his shoes; But tying them, he didn’t choose. One morning, walking to his school; His shoes got stuck, in a […]
March 18, 2019
The first song he sang, was sweet and clear. He sang it only for his mother’s ear. He then sang at school, with many others; In […]
March 18, 2019
Despite his mother’s instruction to desist The Boy, with the umbrella to play, he’d insist. One day, in the car, when the roof was back, The […]
March 18, 2019
The boy loved to spin his top That his mother had bought, from a shop. His fingers strong, would make it hum And the colours would […]
March 18, 2019
The Boy’s mother, could just, her son’s head see; Pursuing the horizon, where the sky meets the sea. She yearns for her boy’s return, If only […]
February 27, 2019
To strangers, he gave away his things; He wondered what extra joy he could bring. His toys, his books, were all donated. Other charity shops, eagerly […]
March 18, 2019
The Boy delighted in his farts, The last was smelly and rumbled like an old cart. Those around him, away did dart. Unaware of where the […]