Nathaniel

Nathaniel woke up yawning,

‘I’m half asleep,’ he said,

So his left half went down to breakfast

And his right half stayed in bed.

RICHARD EDWARDS

Finding Out About the Family

It was really rather scary

When my dear old Auntie Mary

Started going very hairy

When the moon was full and bright,

And went outside on the prowl

With a loud and eerie howl

Like a wild wolf on a hilltop

In the middle of the night.

It was really rather odd

When I found my Uncle Tod

Dangling from a wooden rod

Where a curtain usually hangs,

He was upside down, in black,

With his hair slicked thinly back,

And the firelight flickering fiercely

On the sharp tips of his fangs.

It was most bizarre of all

When my little brother Paul

Disappeared into the wall

In a puff of purple smoke,

Then my sister waved her wand,

And now I’m living in this pond

Eating flies and feeling slimy…

Ribbit ribbit, croak croak croak.

RICHARD EDWARDS