four kids poem
To our seder last year came a strange-looking yid
And brought with him four little kids
"Four Children" (c) by Bonnie Gordon Lucas |
Smarty , Nasty , Simple, and Sam .
"Smarty" (c) by Bonnie Gordon Lucas |
Now Smarty was smart--
yes, so clever and wise,
he could do the whole seder
while closing his eyes.
From beginning to end,
from the end to the start,
he recited it
over and over by heart.
In Hebrew and Hindu,
in Snufic and Roman,
from the first Ha Lachma
to the last Afikoman .
"Nasty" (c) by Bonnie Gordon Lucas |
But Nasty refused
to take part in the seder .
He just sat there and smiled
with his pet alligator
as he pulled people's hair
and he poked people's eyes
and sprinkled their matzah
with beetles and flies.
What he needs is a thwack
on the back of the hands,
or a slap in the face
or a kick in the pants.
"Simple" (c) by Bonnie Gordon Lucas |
Away in the corner
sits sweet sister Simple.
Whenever she smiles
her face breaks out in dimples.
She only asks
about simple facts
like "What's a
matzah?"
and "Tell me how tall is a Gloogasaurus Zax?"
"Sam" (c) by Bonnie Gordon Lucas |
And Sam doesn't even
know what to say.
He just sits in his box
till the end of the day,
till his Dad packs him up
and takes him away
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