This is a great poem for Kids

[Bob Pacey]

My Shadow

By Robert Louis Stevenson 1850–1894

I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me,
And what can be the use of him is more than I can see.
He is very, very like me from the heels up to the head;
And I see him jump before me, when I jump into my bed.

The funniest thing about him is the way he likes to grow—
Not at all like proper children, which is always very slow;
For he sometimes shoots up taller like an india-rubber ball,
And he sometimes gets so little that there's none of him at all.

He hasn't got a notion of how children ought to play,
And can only make a fool of me in every sort of way.
He stays so close beside me, he's a coward you can see;
I'd think shame to stick to nursie as that shadow sticks to me!

One morning, very early, before the sun was up,
I rose and found the shining dew on every buttercup;
But my lazy little shadow, like an arrant sleepy-head,
Had stayed at home behind me and was fast asleep in bed.

[Rimeriter]

Yeah Bob, I wondered about the lazy little bugger when I was younger.
As you say - kids will enjoy it.
I have.
Jim.

[manfredvijars]

I'm not a kid, so I can't say if I enjoy it or not ...

[Rimeriter]

I'm sorry for you having lost your 'kid spirit' ?

[william williams]

wot Manfred you an old codger like me

Gee manfred do you want me to save a bed for you in the old people nursing home

bill the old battler