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MUMMY SLEPT LATE
AND DADDY FIXED BREAKFAST
Daddy fixed the breakfast. He made us such a waffle. It looked like gravel pudding. It tasted something awful. | "Ha-ha," he said, "I'll try again. This time I'll get it right." But what I got was in between Bituminous and anthracite. |
"A little too well done? Oh well, I'll have to start all over." That time what landed on my plate Looked like a manhole cover. I tired to cut it with a fork: The fork gave off a spark. I tried a knife and twisted it Into a question mark. | I tried it with a hack-saw. I tried it with a torch. It didn't even make a dent. It didn't even scorch. The next time Dad gets breakfast When Mommy's sleeping late, I think I'll skip the waffles. I'd sooner eat the plate! |
Shel Silverstein (1932—1999), American writer, cartoonist, illustrator, and musician, is also best known for his poetry and fiction for children. Silverstein was born in Chicago and began drawing cartoons as a child. In 1956 he began working as a writer and cartoonist for Playboy magazine. In 1963 Silverstein published his first book for children about a lion who practices shooting a rifle and joins the circus. He both wrote and illustrated the story. The following year Silverstein achieved fame with The Giving Tree, about a tree that gives what it can for one person's happiness. Silverstein also wrote humorous poetry for children. Two classic collections of his poetry, Where the Sidewalk Ends (1974) and The Light in the Attic (1981), remain popular. Despite renown, Silverstein's work has met with controversy, and some critics consider his work superficial and commercial.
A well-known children's poet, Jack Prelutsky (1940–), published his first collection in 1967. He is known as "a skilful wordsmith who tickles young funnybones" easily. Prelutsky always creates images that never fail to delight young readers. Not surprisingly, Prelutsky spends much of his time presenting poems to children in schools and libraries throughout the US. He is also a qualified anthologist. It is worth mentioning the book entitled The Random House Book of Poetry for Children (1983). It offers 572 fine, funny, illuminating poems. The emphasis is, of course, on humorous ones. According to the publishers' note, such include "laugh-out-loud, smile-to-yourself, share-with-a-friend funny poems, ranging from the classic nonsense of Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear to the contemporary humor of Silverstein". Here is an example of Prelutsky's humor and wit (Text 52).
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