Today I found a sheet where Lola was instructed to "Make a picture of four squares. Put a squirrel to the left of the first square. Put a squirrel to the right of the second square. Put a squirrel over the third square. Put a squirrel under the fourth square." Lola obeyed these commands, and then went on to squeeze into the margin a picture of a fruit tree, a peace sign, two cats beaming at each other, and three stick figures hugging each other and smiling. Where Lola was supposed to practice writing the word "square," she wrote (continuing this onto the back of the page) the following ode to the square:
A square, each of its sides with equal rights, loving nature. building a tree. The square is a Happy Hippie like me. Be nice to Squares. Raise them in your mind. When 18, let them free.
5 comments:
Lucy has created an entire collection of writing written as a hippie. There was one about losing a tooth, which was not as funny.
i actually think this poem is pretty awesome. "a square, where all sides have equal rights." it doesn't get better than that.
I love it!
A hippie could lose a tooth without having any actually physically gone, if I remember correctly, but as we say, if you can remember the 60's you weren't there.
The poem is incredible, and I loved this post. I also love the little notes and drawings in the margins of the kids homework--the creativity hasn't been squashed yet.
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