Mackenzie and Granny

These two have a special relationship.

Granny reads OLD books to her and she LOVES it.

‘Poems teachers Love” (undated book.)
The Raggedy Man

exerpt:

Oh, The Raggedy Man! He works fer Pa;
And he’s the goodest man ever you saw!
He comes to our house every day,
And waters the horses, and feeds ‘em hay;
And he opens the shed and we all jist laugh
When he drives out our little old wobblely calf;
And iffen our hired girl says he can—
He milks the cows for ‘Lizabeth Ann.
Ain’t he a’ awful good Raggedy Man?
Raggedy! Raggedy! Raggedy Man!

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So, the writer in her wrote a poem:

Raggedy, Raggedy, Raggedy Kid

The Raggedy, Raggedy, Raggedy Kid
Plays with balls and baby dolls,
She jumps on beds and hold baby pigs
And plays with Taco the cat,
She’s a Raggedy, Raggedy, Raggedy kid.

The Raggedy Raggedy, Raggedy Kid,
Has a goat named Happy
She wings in her swing
And teeter-totters Happy.
But doesn’t take him to church.
She’s a Raggedy Raggedy, Raggedy Kid

by Viola Palmer

(off the top of her head and written on a coloring book!)

June 14, 2006