Look Before You Leap...A Poem For Children Poem by Shaun Cronick

The pixies have stolen my marmalade,
Those little people just won't stop.
And now they've pinched my toaster,
And where the Dickens is my laptop.

This is just amazingly beyond belief,
My things they magically steal away.
So I angrily nail the cat-flap shut,
Their only entry is now sad dismay.

But what a real horse's bottom I am,
I'm truly a total nincompoop to behold.
As I gaze at my marmalade toaster and laptop,
On which sits a tiny pile of pixie gold.

I quickly yank the cat-flap nails out,
I'm an idiot accusing borrowers of crime.
For now these little fabled creatures,
I now gladly warmly welcome at any time.

Today I've learnt a valuable lesson,
One to forever remember and to keep.
For when it comes to accusing others,
We should always look before we leap.

In our hearts it will eventually matter,
When we point our finger at big or small.
Sometimes we make regretful mistakes,
And this is the very end of it all.