You're Eating Like a Pig Again!

by: Jack Prelutsky

"You're eating like a pig again!"

my mother scolded me,

"If you keep eating like a pig,

a pig is what you'll be!"

I simply cannot fathom

what the fuss is all about,

and haven't I a lovely tail,

and see my splendid snout.

Why Run?

By: Norah Smaridge

Jane won't touch a caterpillar,

Mary's frightened of a mouse,

Sally shrieks and runs for Daddy

When a moth flies in the house.

Pam's afraid of shiny beetles,

Spiders make Melinda squirm,

Susan nearly has HYS-Ter)ICS

If you chase her with a worm!

Aren't they foolish to be frightened?

Fancy making such a fuss

Over harmless creepy-crawlies

Who are scared to death - of US.

Table Manners

By: Gelett Burgess

The Goops they lick their fingers,

And the Goops they lick their knives;

They spill their broth on the tablecloth -

Oh, they lead disgusting lives!

The Goops they talk while eating,

And loud and fast they chew;

And that is why I'm glad that I

Am not a Goop - are you?

Too Sad

By: William Cole

It's such a shock,

I almost screech

When I find a worm

inside my peach!

But then, what really

makes me blue

Is to find a worm

who's bit in two!