September 14, 2006 Issue                                       

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Kids Corner

Selected Poems
by JARED HENRY TAYLOR

All poems dictated to Mommy, June 21. Jared is 5 years old and lives in West Mt. Airy; he’ll attend Henry School for kindergarten in September.

TAP DANCE

TAP TAP TAP

DANCE DANCE DANCE

WHEN WE TAP DANCE

WE HAVE FUN

AND SOMETIMES

WE FALL DOWN

WE GET UP

AND WE DO THE REST

NOW LET’S SEE ME TA-AP DANCE

[Jared gets up and tap dances]

AND WHEN WE’RE

FINISHED

WE’LL START ANOTHER POEM

AND WE’RE ALMOST

FINISHED

OUR

CLASS

OF

TAP

DANCING

KARATE

BAM BAM BOOM BOOM

HI-YA HI-YA

I AM DOING KARATE

WHACK WHACK

SMACK SMACK

I AM A NINJA

SWOOP SWOOP CLING CLING

CLANG CLANG WHOOSH WHOOSH

THIS IS HOW WE START OUR BATMAN STORY

[Jared cackles]

NOW LET’S SEE ME TRY AND DO THE STORY

JANIE & CROCODILE

CROCODILE CROCODILE

AND JANIE

WHAT SHOULD WE DO WITH THE PAINIE

CROCODILE CROCODILE

WHAT SHOULD WE DO?

RUN RUN RUN

OUT OF THE ZOO!