From the Ashes
All the night the old school burned
probably arson, no culprit.
And all the children were happy.
Search the ashes
all gone, desks, books, and blackboards, all gone.
And all the children were happy.
Community, school board and administrators met
to plan rebuilding at once
And all the children were sad.
Board chair had been elected despite his philosophical nature.
He appointed a planning committee
of children and his very best teachers.
And all the children were glad.
Teachers asked children what they wanted.
A playground, of course,
so the teachers designed a playground
that would provide healthy exercise.
And all the children were glad they were getting their way.
Children had to have pets.
Chickens for eggs and rabbits for fun.
Birdhouses and feeders and a couple of cats.
And all the kids were happy.
What else should we do?
The children wanted to be outside
so the teachers planned a big garden plot.
And all the children were excited.
So what else?
Lights for the playground so we can play late
and what a good to plan for the solar system.
And all the children were curious.
Many computers and games.
New game shoot words at Silent Sam
to help him communicate.
And all the children laughed
The building plans were then complete
and now the tools to make it work.
And all the children listened carefully.
Seed catalogues, calculators to check produce sales
and profits and expenses for the chickens,
weather information for the weather station,
nutrition books to go with garden and gym.
Software to look up plants and their history,
math books to figure percent of nice days and poetry
to read to the chickens and plants. All this and much more.
And all the children were happy and ready to go back to school.
Out of the ashes came a new school where the children helped
design the building and for what it was used.
And all the children were happy.
DLM /5/25/2013