What does yours look like?
My
Backwards Snore
I
was reading in bed one afternoon, when I heard a little sneeze.
“Bless
you,” I said, without looking up. And
someone answered, “Please.”
Perplexed,
I put my bookmark in, and said, “Hello? Who’s there?”
A
muffled, little voice piped up, “Goodbye! Who’s under where?”
“Underwear!”
I giggled, as I knelt down on the floor.
And
underneath my messy bed, I found a bright blue Snore!
(If
you’ve never seen a Snore before, they look
like balls of fluff.
Not
much to ‘em – they’d fly away with a teeny, windy puff.)
Again,
my Snore did a tickled sneeze, which blew
him back a bit.
“Poor
guy!” I gently picked him up, and then? He threw a fit!
“Put
me up this instant! I’m healthy! Don’t you see?
All
mixed up and straightened out. Wide awake, asleep!”
Well,
my Snore was sick! That much was clear. He
was backwards… just not right!
He
should have been asleep all day and then awake all night.
But
here he was… not making sense, and obviously upset.
And
he really was the cutest Snore that I have ever met.
In
my hand, he settled down. His heavy eyelids drooped.
But
my lil’ Snore couldn’t fall asleep, an’ the
poor guy just looked pooped!
If
I didn’t help him find his dreams, I knew that I’d be next –
Tired,
confused and backwards too! In short, we’d both
be vexed!
So
I bent and kissed his fluffly cheek, then hummed a quiet hum.
I
rocked so slowly, back and forth, and gently rubbed his tum.
Finally,
my Snore fell asleep and stayed that way all
day.
As
I got into bed that night, he stretched and murmured, “Hey.
“I’m
turned around and back on track. I’m better, thanks to you!”
I
smiled and then closed my eyes, to let my Snore
do what Snores do!
Dicitionary:
Perplexed: confused, stumped, bewildered, just don’t
understand
Vexed: upset, irritated, annoyed
Questions:
Why did the Snore say “please” at the beginning of the poem?
What is it that you think Snores do?
What colour is your Snore, do you think?
Activities:
Draw your snore and post it on my facebook page!
Circle or underline the Dictionary words in My Backwards Snore.
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