Kenzie Wallace aged 8
Aince upon a day my mither said to me:
Dinna Cleip an’ dinna rype
An’ dinna tell a lee.
For gin ye cliep a craw sall name ye
An’ gin ye rype a daw sall shame ye;
An’ a snail sall heeze its hornies oot
An’ hike them roun’ an’ roun’ aboot
Gin ye tell a lee.
Aince upon a day, as I walkit a’ my lane,
I met a daw, an’ monie a craw,
An’ a snail upon a stane.
Up gaed the daw an’ didna shame me:
Up gaed ilk craw an’ didna name me:
But the wee snail heezed its hornies oot
An’ hik’d them roun’ an’ roun’ aboot
An’ ----------- goggled at me.
