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When I'm An old Lady
Joanne Bailey Baxter
When I'm an old lady, I'll live with each kid,
And bring so much happiness just as they did.
I want to pay back all the joy they've provided.
Returning each deed! Oh, they'll be so excited!
(When I'm an old lady and live with my kids)
I'll write on the walls with reds, whites, and blues,
And I'll bounce on the furniture wearing my shoes.
I'll drink from the carton and then leave it out.
I'll stuff all the toilets and oh, how they'll shout!
(When I"m an old lady and live with my kids)
When they're on the phone and just out of reach,
I'll get into things like sugar and bleach.
Oh, they'll snap their fingers and then shake their head,
And when that is done, I'll hide under the bed!
(When I'm an old lady and live with my kids)
When they cook dinner and call me to eat,
I'll not eat my green beans or salad or meat,
I'll gag on my okra, spill milk on the table,
And when they het angry, I'll run. If I'm able!
(When I'm an old lady and live with my kids)
I'll sit close to the Tv, through the channels I'll click,
I'll cross both eyes just to see if they stick.
I'll take off my socks and throw one away,
And play in the mud till the end of the day!
(When I'm an old lady and live with my kinds)
And later in bed, I'll lay back and sigh,
I'll thank God in Prayer and then close my eyes.
My kids will look down with a smile slowly creeping,
And say with a groan, "She's so sweet when she's sleeping!"
Available Answers
- 1.
Tick (√) the things the old lady ought not to do:
- Clean the walls
- Write on the walls
- Put the milk carton back in the fridge
- Leave the milk carton out
- Eat the cooked food
- Throw tantrums for eating food
- Watch TV the whole day
- Selectivity watch the TV
- 2.
State whether the following statements are true T of false F:
- The old lady has more than one child.
- She wishes to write on the walls to disfigure it.
- Seeing the stuffed toilets, the children will shout in joy.
- The old lady will fuss about the food like her children did.
- Her kids love her, though she is troublesome.
- 3.Why does the old lady wish to live with each of her children?
- 4.Did the narrator enjoy all the trouble given by her children when they were young? Quote the line which says so.
- 5.
Why does the narrator say she will run 'if I'm able'?
- 6.What are the various ways in which the narrator's children had troubled her?
6 more answer(s) available.