Teacher made us read a book
that I thought was a bore,
so reading every single page
was nothing but a chore.
The characters were really dumb.
In fact, there were three bears,
and a girl named Goldilocks
who sat in all their chairs.
She ate some of their porridge
and slept in Baby’s bed,
and when the bears discovered her,
I thought that she’d be dead.
But no — that girl escaped those bears
which made no sense to me,
cause how could one blonde little girl
outrun the bears — all three?
Lots of kids agreed with me
and said it couldn’t be done.
In fact, our class discussion
was really lots of fun.
Our teacher kept on asking us
to back up what we thought.
She said, “Give me your logic”,
and logic’s what she got.
We said that Goldilocks, in truth,
was sure a little brat.
Teacher said, “Then back it up.
Explain why you think that.”
And as we talked and gave our proof
for judgements that was had,
our teacher smiled and nodded
and just looked really glad.
I’d thought she’d be insulted
cause I didn’t like her book,
but that, for sure, was not the case,
judging by her look.
So now I love to read her books
and think of what I’ll say,
cause talking bout those books we read
almost feels like play.