People who know me best (okay, my daughter and son) know that I used to write poems. I wrote them when they (my kids) were very young, just to entertain them. At least they (the poems) started out as such, but over time I’d slyly work in a moral or two. Oh, not sternly, not with a thud, but with a ;-).
Here’s one of the earliest just-for-fun poems. Oh yeah, this one also includes a few of my little drawings done back then by way of (primitive!) illustration.
Danny the Dinosaur
Danny the dinosaur
Had a bad habit
He loved to chew on a leaf.*
“So what?” you may say,
But the trouble with that is
That one of the pieces
Would always get stuck ‘tween his teeth!
One day Danny
Was not very happy
So he decided to do something about it.
He went for a walk
And went into a shop
Where they sold quite a lot
And he bought a big box – of toothpicks!
Now Danny is happy –
He still has his habit
But he wears a smile on his mouth.
For when he chews on a leaf
And one little piece
Gets stuck ‘tween his teeth –
He uses a toothpick to pick it right out!
*[No no, not that kind, people, get your mind outta the drug den! :-D]
Crossed Eyes and Dotted Tees 
What marvelous entertainment for your children! I wrote little stories for my son, but I’ve lost them. He still remembers reading them!!! Words are more powerful than I thought then.
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Thanks Anne! This is a result of me (almost) never throwing anything out! LOL! Oh yeah, words sure are!! My son just got a kick out of seeing this again. (He last saw it 40 years ago!! :-D) This will be a weekly feature, until I run out of them!
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Adorable! And would inspire kids to brush their teeth! 🙂
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Thanks, yeah, hopefully! 😀
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That’s a nice way to encourage good dental habits in kids. (I hope your son had been following the advice in the forty years since he last saw the story!) 🙂
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I *think* he’s been doing so! I only get to see him once a year, and he still seems to have all his teeth. 😀
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I remember this!
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Haha, yay!!
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