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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BERTIE'S PHILOSOPHY, by EVA MARCH TAPPAN
First Line: Small boy bertie
Last Line: "is what I want to know."
Subject(s): Children; Childhood
First Line: Small boy bertie
Last Line: "is what I want to know."
Subject(s): Children; Childhood
SMALL boy Bertie,
Drumming on the pane,
Looking at the chickens
Draggled with the rain.
Little philosopher
Wrinkles his brow,
Says, "I wonder --
I don't see how.
"Where do chickens come from?
Mamma, please to tell.
Yes, I know they come from eggs,
Know that very well.
"Course the old hen hatched 'em,
I know that; but then --
Won't you tell me truly,
Where'd they get the hen?
"S'posin' you were my boy,
All the one I had,
And big folks would n't tell you things,
Should n't you feel bad?
"Every single thing you say
I knew years ago;
Where that first hen came from,
Is what I want to know."
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