Questions at bedtime

childrens poem

There was an old woman who lived in a shoe

'A shoe mummy? Well what did she do?

She whipped all her children and

put them to bed

Couldn't she have used the

'naughty step' instead?

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall

how high was it mum

Did he fall?

Yes, he fell and you know what happened then?

They couldn't put Humpty together again.

Well maybe all his yoke leaked out on the ground

he wouldn't stand a chance with toast soldiers around.

Jack and Jill went up the hill..

to get water from the well

but jack wasn't careful was he mum

he slipped and both of them fell.

Perhaps an adult should have gone

to bring the water back,

or better still call the water board

and get themselves a tap.

The owl and the p***y-cat

went to sea in a beautiful pea green boat.

Was the boat then made of peas mum

and if so could it float

and how do you wrap your money up

inside a five pound note

and why choose honey instead of jam

and did they have a coat?

So many questions little one

running around your head,

I am not tired really mum

I don't want to go to bed!

But if you insist I'll go to sleep

if you can tell me how

the cow jumped over the moon, mum?

the MOON, mum, a Cow!

Author's Note

just a little something for the children

Reviews

[Mrs Meggins]

The first ones work really well me. I love the line about the naughty step.

[Robert James Parfett]

Brilliant! Can completely relate.

[New Dawn]

thank you so much :)

[Elwyntreasa]

Haha, children ask such great questions. A wonderful and fun poem; I enjoyed it.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Well you have versatility and humour and profudity. Like nudity but with your This made me laugh! clothes on!

[New Dawn]

Thank you again and again. Nursery rhymes are such nonsense but it never occured to me until my children started questioning them. glad you enjoyed it

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. hahahaha!!! ... you reminded me of the days when i used to read to my nephew and be bombarded with a million questions ... i used to scratch my head to even begin to answer them ... we've spent hours discussing "the hunchback of notredame" ... thank you for this post, dear shelley ... superbly narrated ... it brought back some delightfully baffling memories ...

[New Dawn]

Thank you - went through this with my own children and more recently with my niece who questions everything constantly - just the way it should be :)

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. yes ... just the way it should be :) ...