Teacher's Day

This here is a poem by Jack Prelutsky. Happy Teachers' Day indeed.


The Creature in the Classroom

By Jack Prelutsky

From The Baby Uggs are Hatching

It appeared inside our classroom
at a quarter after ten,
it gobbled up the blackboard,
three erasers and a pen.
It gobbled teachers apple
and it bopped her with the core.
"How dare you!" she responded.
"You must leave us...there’s the door."

The creature didn’t listen
but described an arabesque
as it gobbled all her pencils,
seven notebooks and her desk.
Teacher stated very calmly,
"Sir! you simply cannot stay.
I’ll report you to the principal
unless you go away!"

But the thing continued eating,
it ate paper, swallowed ink.
As it gobbled up our homework,
I believe I saw it wink.
Teacher finally lost her temper.
"OUT!" she shouted at the creature.
The creature hopped beside her
and GLOPP...it gobbled teacher.

Source: http://www.jackprelutsky.com/flash/parentPoems/CreatureClassroom.pdf

Incidentally, I received stickers with 'A+' and 'Perfect' from one of my students. How neat is that? It's oddly touching that they seem to think that you would want stickers like that, and kid you not, I do appreciate them.