Someone’s toes are in my nose.
Whosever could they be?
Since no one else is in my bed,
they must belong to me!
I wonder how it happened.
I just don’t understand.
I don’t know how my legs got stretched
out like a rubber band.
How will I ever get to school?
It’s a catastrophe!
Mother! Dad! Get on the phone
and dial some help for me!
Text © Bruce Lansky, reprinted from My Dog Ate My Homework published by Meadowbrook Press. Illustration © Stephen Carpenter. Any copying or use of this poem or illustration without consent is unlawful.
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