Nevergirl's

What are Alex and I reading today? The most amazing little book that “begins where the sidewalk ends.” We hitch our wagon to Shel Silverstein’s (thanks trailer hitch!), and leap into a world where we meet on top of a whispbar roof racks:

a boy who turns into a TV set
a girl who eats a whale
a little girl named Sarah Cynthia Stout who would never take the garbage out
Chester, who grew a second head
the bloath and the Yipiyuk
the brother who auctioned his sister
a woman who washes her shadow
and Minnow Minnie who drowned in Ovaltine.

This morning, the story we’re reading through is called ME-STEW.

ME-STEW
I have nothing to put in my stew, you see,
Not a bone or a bean or a black-eyed pea,
So I’ll just climb in the pot to see
If I can make a stew out of me.
I’ll put in some pepper and salt and I’ll sit
In the bubbling water — I won’t scream a bit.
I’ll sing while I simmer, I’ll smile while I’m stewing,
I’ll taste myself often to see how I’m doing.
I’ll stir me around with this big wooden spoon
And serve myself up at quarter to noon.
So bring out your stew bowls,
You gobblers and snackers.
Farewell — and I hope you enjoy me with crackers!

** Thank you Yam and Uzi for this present.