By young readers
HUMOUR
FEELING LAZY The Day is fine, the sun is hot, Everyone is working, but I’m not, I’m feeling really lazy today I wouldn’t work if you gave me pay. Everyone’s getting angry with me, I can’t help it, I’m lazy you see, I like watching others work hard as they can, They are my slaves, and I, the leading man. People are saying, “Come on, stop slacking” It seems that in laziness I’m not lacking! So, lazy I’ll be, and lazy I’ll stay, At least — until the end of today. Cherie Mitchell, aged 12. EPITAPH Here lies Joe G. Rake — He tried to charm A large wild snake. , . . Slither in peace. Scott G. Stringer, aged 12.
THE GREEN SWIRLING MONSTER Down on the beach, See the monster thrashing, He tosses and turns, He bellows and chums, With tangled white hair, And green grasping arms, He pounces and roars, Like a lion or dragon. But he doesn’t scare me, With his noise and his hugeness. For I stand in the lupins, Beyond the high tide, Watching the monster, Advance and retreat. I know he’s confined. And he cannot escape, Caught in a net, That is cast by the moon. Tralee M. Sugrue, aged 10. MATHS Division is easy, Addition, a cinch, But when it comes to percentages My brain feels the pinch. Mix this together with a puzzling set And that’s the time when you FRET FRET FRET! Fiona Paviell, aged 12.
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Press, 22 August 1978, Page 14
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