Two Boys

 

The first small boy,

quite full of joy,

got answers from

his good Grand-Mum:

She did not look awry

when he asked “Grandma, why?” –

but answered truthfully:

a happy boy was he!

 

The second boy was sad;

a very tearful lad –

and, hearing such a crier,

people would stop to enquire:

“Small boy, why do you cry?”…

Each time, the sad reply:

“No-one ever told me why”………….

 

(There is no moral here,

other than to stop, and hear,

and heed that plaintive cry:

“Will someone tell me why?”………)