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JOSIE'S POEMS


 
Funny Poems for Children




By Josie Whitehead

CHILDREN'S QUESTIONS

By Josie Whitehead

Children's Questions

"Why do witches wear black hats,

Fly on broomsticks; have black cats"

    "Why are gnomes quite short and stout?"

     Questions, questions spilling out.

 

"Why are monsters always mean,

With scary faces, sometimes green?"

     "Why do fairies all have wings?

     I need some answers to these things."

 

"When did dragons disappear?"

Questions?  Yes lots more I fear.

     Gryphons, mermaids and much more.

      What occurred to dinosaurs?

 

"Why did dodos disappear?

All these things are quite unclear."

     When kids ask such things as these,

     I need to know the answers please.

 

Surely it would be quite nice

If you would give them some advice -

     For children tend to tire my brain,

     Which, when old, can be a strain.

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Younger children ask questions from the time they wake until it is time for bed, and they expect to know the answers from you.  They're honest also in their answers.

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My grandson, when 3 years old, asked me, when he stayed with me:  'Granny what are you putting on your face?'  My answer:  'Cream.'  The end of the matter?  Oh no.  'Why are you putting it on your face?'  Answer: 'To keep me young and beautiful.'  He thought for a moment and then added truthfully: 'But it hasn't worked has it Granny?'  And do you know:  He was right, but when I tell him now of this conversation, he laughs because he knows he hadn't learnt the art of diplomacy at that young age.  Josie 

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