We visited my 88-year-old Father-in-Law yesterday, and he gave me this piece of paper to read. He likes making poems, and I love reading them. Some are funny, some are deep, but this one made me really laugh. He gave me this piece to share, and I hope it will make you smile!
Here's what he wrote:🥜😄
How do I open up this nut and break inside its shell?
I’ve been trying now more than a week and it’s still alive and well.
I’ve smashed it with a hammer more than a hundred times, picked it up and had a look, but not a crack there could I find.
I've put it in a pan of water and boiled it till it dried.
I thought that this would soften it and I could break inside.
The blinking thing was harder still when I took it out the pan.
So I sat down with a cuppa and thought up another plan.
At last I had the answer, there’s no if or but,
I’m going to open up this shell before it does my nut.
I took it to a busy road and said goodbye my friend.
I tossed it in the middle "that’s where you’ll meet your end!"
The last thing I remember were horns and screeching brakes, I woke up in a hospital bed full of bandages and aches.
The nurse was very nice and asked me did I want some food.
I said yes please and off she went to fetch me something good.
She came back and said “I’m sorry we have no food, we have some bars of chocolate. Would you like a nice whole nut"
Have a Lovely Day,
Mariah 😊💗
Very cute/fun. It reminds me a bit of the rhymes of Roald Dahl. The only thing missing are the drawings by Quentin Blake ;^)
Aww, that's lovely, maybe a British thing, I will tell him that, he will be pleased. Thank you.
I would have @deirdyweirdy to do the drawings as I do ike her arts.
I am Quentin Blake! Deirdyweirdy is just a nom de plume. I've been hiding here on hive alliterating and illustrating without anyone being the wiser:)
Deirdyweirdy the Disguised Doodler? 😄 No wonder your drawings brought giggles to me. I've spotted another doodler here 👉@artgrafiken. Hmm, hmm. 👀 The doodlers are ganging up on Hive! @vinventnijman, I know you're a doodler too!
I may just ask you all to doodle poems. I love doodles!
Title: 'Doodle My Poem'
What do you think? I'll get the audience to judge the winner. 🤣
Doodle this--
Wow! Very nice and creative idea, with lots of doodling. Looks hard. Amazing. 😍
What made you want to doodle the Mona Lisa?🤔
No, No, that won't work at all. There's no comparison between the three of us. Vincent is a nutter, I'm just a messer but Art is a serious artist. Can't you tell by his moniker?:):)
Only kidding, but doable, a lovely doodler combo! Yes, I can tell. 😀💗
What a lovely story - hope you come visit me as well soon - I am also too old - not sure how long i can maintain this thing called life
Sorry you feel that way, @uwelang. Life isn’t meant to be easy. You give light to others, and that is your strength.💗😊
writing this at 88 years... great man
He hasn’t lost his loaf. lol
Hahaha! What a lovely way to tell the story of how I ended up in the hospital. Andd, it's all your Nut's fault!😄😄
Haha, yes, some sense of humour. 😅