Happy Birthday Poem by Tracy WatsonBrown

I met a little girl at school one day
Who said ‘Today it is my birthday.
I am five. I’ve had lots of presents
And later there is going to be a party.’
‘What did you get? ’ I asked her interestedly.

‘I got a bow and arrow set, and then
A water pistol. I got a cat with a
Tape measure in its ear. You pull
The ear and out comes the tape.
You wind the tail around to get it in.’

My grandmother is eighty nine today.
She asked for slippers- that is what she got.
Her tape measure is functional not fun.
Enjoy being five- you are not long young