I'll get you, and your little dog too!

My poor little brain is tired of
shuffling through all the educational possibilities.
I have a list of things I want to purchase
tomorrow at the curriculum fair.
Please! Please! Please!
All you little people on my list,
be in your booth and have what I need.
Be well-stocked.
Don't leave me empty-handed.
Because I can just see it now---if any of these people
don't have the major things I am looking for,
I will go up in smoke just like
the Wicked Witch did on the Wizard of Oz.

Won't that make a scene amongst
a bunch of homeschooling parents?

(Note to self:
Wear pointy black hat to curriculum fair
for dramatic effect.)

You know, that Wicked Witch in The Wizard of Oz
never really seemed convincingly wicked to me.
It was kind of like when your grandmother was
reading you a story and she did the voice of the bad guy.
No matter how bad the voice sounded,
you still knew it was your grandma.
Did you know the lady that played
the Wicked Witch in The Wizard of Oz
was at one time a kindergarten teacher?

I'll tell you who I was scared of
in that movie when I was a little kid:
those monkeys.
Those evil flying monkeys with their strange faces.
I'm not even a big fan of them today.


We are off to the pool to soak in
some of these last days of summer freedom.
I hope you are having a lovely day, Dear Reader.
Don't forget your sun screen.