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LITTLE GIRLS  LITTLE BOYS ~ By Stellamarie Nel Little girls, silly things, sugar and spice And all things nice Lots of wires and tricky bits To keep a man about his wits Little boys, scruffy knees, sticks and stones And broken bones Taking everything apart Stealing every mother’s heart Off to play we all go, think we know what we should know Soon we find that girls and boys Play different games with different toys. Girls are quick and learn quite soon, whom it is that calls the tune The game is easy, old as time, Catch on quick and you’ll be fine. Easy things to fix are boys, with tinker, tailor, soldier toys Hammer and nails will fix ‘em quick And Chicken soup when they are sick But boys take everything apart, like choo-choo trains and little girls hearts And then the pieces just won’t fit, no matter how they fiddle with it! Little girls, little boys Different games, different toys And no matter how we look at it I wonder:  Were they made to fit? S.N.

  Always Right and Always Wrong Met on a bridge one day They stopped for a while each watching the view Then Always Wrong went on his way. “Oh, I wouldn’t go there,” Said Always Right,  “I’ve just come from over there There are terrible things like lions and bears And monsters that catch you unawares, You should turn around now while you still have the time and go back the way you came.” Said Always Wrong, “Mm, I was wondering, as I looked through the trees and beyond That one never can see quite far enough to decide what is right or wrong Maybe I should sit on this bench and watch the world for a bit and dream Maybe watch the birds who are watching the fish and  Wriggle my toes in the stream  “Oh I wouldn’t do that,” Always Right replied, “just think of the ecoli and what if you slipped and hit your head or got shat on by a bird flying by?” “You could be right, “Always Wrong said”  “But what if today you were wrong? It’s not all that bad to be Wrong you know, it’s actually quite fun s