Chivvy(POEM)
When Michael was five year old, his mother took him to a nearby school for admission. The teacher asked, “What does your mother call you at home,child?” “ Michael Don’t,” came the confident reply.
Grown-ups say things like:
Speak up
Don’t talk with your mouth full
Don’t stare
Don’t point
Don’t pick youe nose
Sit up
Say please
Less noise
Shut the door behind you
Don’t drag your feet
Haven’t you got a hankie ?
Take your hands out of
Your pockets
Pull your socks up
Stand up straight
Say thanks you
Don’t interrupt
No one thinks you’re funny
Take your elbows off the table
Can’t you make your own
Mind up about anything ?
-Michael Rosen