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Tejasvi's Song
I’m going, I’m going on a safari Driving around in my big lorry Jungle animals I shall see As they live, quite naturally, Not behind the cages, tied Lions, elephants, zebras, birds. Moving together in their herds. I’ll shoot them, but with a camera They’ll think “oh, he’s a nice fella”. Tejasvi’s Song [Illustrations by Kusum Chamoli] So we’ll be friends and long long after I’m gone, you’ll hear our laughter.
Mr Meant-to
Mr Meant-to has a comrade, And his name is Didn’t-do; Have you ever chanced to meet them? Did they ever call on you? These two fellows live together In the house of Never-win, And I’m told that it is haunted, By the ghost of Might-have-been. Mr Meant-to [Illustration by Anup Singh]
If I Can Stop One Heart from Breaking
If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain; If I can ease one life the aching, Or cool one pain, Or help one robin Unto his nest again, I shall not live in vain. If I Can Stop One Heart from Breaking [Illustration by Anup Singh]
Summer
Summer [Illustrations by Kusum Chamoli] What a time the summer brings Heat and sweat and iced up drinks Some fruit sour and some so sweet Things made up to meet the heat Mangoes from the north and south A mango to fill each waiting mouth Apricots, cherries and juicy litchees Melons, berries and lovely peaches Out of the heat, away from the sun Play, swim, splash – oh water’s fun...
The Lily Pool
The Lily Pool [] We have a little lily pool With lilies pink and white And though they look so fresh by day They mostly bloom at night The leaves are round and dusky green With an edge that often curls And when there’s water on the leaves They look like drops of pearls Come and see our lily pool And sit there – like I do See the lilies blooming bright...
The Three Kittens
The white cat said, ‘I’m fair as snow’ The black cat said, ‘I shine!’ The tabby said, ‘well, that’s alright But the bowl of cream is MINE!’ The black cat said, ‘I’m warm as wool’ The white said, ‘I’m like silk!’ The tabby said, ‘say what you will, I’m off to drink that milk!’ The Three Kittens [Illustration by Sudheer Nath] (C) Swapna Dutta
Childhood
Is it funny Would it be strange To see a young girl Go dancing around the market place Or climb trees by the highway Or flick an orange from a cart Or sing to the silent nightingale Or smile at the nodding flowers Or rush to hug you When you’d rather think a casual Hullo! would do Or talk to the stars and splash in the puddles made by rain Would it be strange if she never grew up...
