March 3, 2007

Look out, I’m on a roll…

 ELETELEPHONY
Once there was an elephant,
Who tried to use the telephant -
No! No! I mean an elephone
Who tried to use the telephone -
(Dear me! I am not certain quite
That even now I’ve got it right.)
Howe’er it was, he got his trunk
Entangled in the telephunk;
The more he tried to get it free,
The louder buzzed the telephee -
(I [...]

March 3, 2007

Who knew?

When I was a little girl I used to recite this poem with my grandma all the time.  Who knew it was by Robert Louis Stevenson?
 My Shadow
by Robert Louis Stevenson
I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me,
And what can be the use of him is more than I can see.
He is [...]