Written two days before lockdown for GS3
Elias lives in Whitstable with his parents and his brother
He loves them very, very much - more than any other.
From time to time his granny comes - and sometimes Papa too
They visit when the sky is grey and sometimes when it’s blue.
Papa talks to Daddy all about his bread
They listen very carefully to everything that’s said.
They all go out for lovely walks along the pebbly shore
And search for stones and treasures and always hope for more.
They sometimes walk along The Street that stretches out to sea
And run and jump so very fast and get a damaged knee.
And when the weekend comes at last and Daddy’s home all day
It’s treat time for Elias with an ice-cream and a play.
And granny sometimes does some tasks to help his Mummy out
The trousers need some patching even when we’re in lockout.
So granny gets her needles and her threads and shiny scissors
And sews and snips and cuts and clips on all Elias’ trousers.
And then one day Elias said ‘Granny, what’s that sound
That I hear every time you walk’? ‘It’s very, very loud’.
‘I can’t hear a thing’ she said, ‘it’s your imagination
Which is working overtime, what an odd suggestion.’
‘But I can hear it too’ said Mum, ‘when you move around the room
‘I even heard it earlier when you went round with the broom’.
‘Look inside your pockets and search them very well
I’m sure that you will come across a little shiny bell’.
So granny did as she was told and looked inside her pocket
And what was it she found there? It wasn’t her best locket.
A teeny tiny silver bell she didn’t know was there,
‘It must have been your cousin I really do declare
When he was was playing hide and seek and found a hiding place
Much better than his other try, inside a pillowcase!
He must have slipped it quietly in when no one else was looking,
Expect it was a Wednesday when granny was busy cooking.’
‘What a silly granny’ she replied when it was found,
But Mummy thought the reason was, she couldn’t hear a sound.
‘You’d better get your doctor to look at both your ears
And help you to detect all sounds and hear them loud and clear’.
‘A good idea’ said Granny, ‘I’ll do it right away
As soon as I get safely back later on today’.
But then the situation changed and granny stayed indoors
‘I’ll have to wait until it’s safe to go and walk outdoors
Elias lives in Whitstable with his parents and his brother
He loves them very, very much - more than any other.
From time to time his granny comes - and sometimes Papa too
They visit when the sky is grey and sometimes when it’s blue.
Papa talks to Daddy all about his bread
They listen very carefully to everything that’s said.
They all go out for lovely walks along the pebbly shore
And search for stones and treasures and always hope for more.
They sometimes walk along The Street that stretches out to sea
And run and jump so very fast and get a damaged knee.
And when the weekend comes at last and Daddy’s home all day
It’s treat time for Elias with an ice-cream and a play.
And granny sometimes does some tasks to help his Mummy out
The trousers need some patching even when we’re in lockout.
So granny gets her needles and her threads and shiny scissors
And sews and snips and cuts and clips on all Elias’ trousers.
And then one day Elias said ‘Granny, what’s that sound
That I hear every time you walk’? ‘It’s very, very loud’.
‘I can’t hear a thing’ she said, ‘it’s your imagination
Which is working overtime, what an odd suggestion.’
‘But I can hear it too’ said Mum, ‘when you move around the room
‘I even heard it earlier when you went round with the broom’.
‘Look inside your pockets and search them very well
I’m sure that you will come across a little shiny bell’.
So granny did as she was told and looked inside her pocket
And what was it she found there? It wasn’t her best locket.
A teeny tiny silver bell she didn’t know was there,
‘It must have been your cousin I really do declare
When he was was playing hide and seek and found a hiding place
Much better than his other try, inside a pillowcase!
He must have slipped it quietly in when no one else was looking,
Expect it was a Wednesday when granny was busy cooking.’
‘What a silly granny’ she replied when it was found,
But Mummy thought the reason was, she couldn’t hear a sound.
‘You’d better get your doctor to look at both your ears
And help you to detect all sounds and hear them loud and clear’.
‘A good idea’ said Granny, ‘I’ll do it right away
As soon as I get safely back later on today’.
But then the situation changed and granny stayed indoors
‘I’ll have to wait until it’s safe to go and walk outdoors
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