In this playful story‑time video, Lois Letchford reads a series of whimsical verses and poems aimed at children. She begins with a quirky monologue about superstitions, mismatched clothing, and a bird that flies north, then moves through a collection of imaginative sketches: a stone‑made airplane, a lesson on sharing, an over‑the‑top ice‑cream train stop where 52 flavors are devoured, a comical eating‑contest anecdote, a confused goose‑vs‑swan exchange, and Don the Dragon’s birthday where the dragon, bear, snow, fire, and river each voice their fears of one another. The segment culminates with a recitation of Shel Silverstein’s poem “Falling Up,” describing a cobbler’s foot‑repair. Lois closes with a typical YouTube call‑to‑action, urging viewers to like and subscribe. The overall purpose is to entertain and spark imagination while exposing children to classic children’s poetry.
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Sidewalking. They say if you step on a crack, you will break your mother's back. But that's just silly. Hahaha. Whoops! Plop! Sorry, Ma. Collars are choking. Pants are expensive. Jackets are itchy and hot. So Tattooin' Ruth tattooed me a suit. Now folks think I'm dressed when I'm not. Weird. Bird. Birds are flying south for winter. Here's the weird bird heading north. Wings are flapping, beaks are chatting. Cold-headed bobbin back and forth. He says, it's not that I like ice or freezing winds and snowy ground. It's just sometimes it's kind of nice to be the only bird in town. Stone airplane. I made an airplane out of stone. I always did like staying home. Sharing. I'll share your toys, I'll share your money, I'll share your toast, I'll share your honey, I'll share your milk and your cookies too. The hard part, sharing mine with you. The Ice Cream Stop. One of my favourites. The ice cream train made an ice cream stop at the 52-flavour ice cream stand. The animals all got off the train. train and walked right up to the ice cream man. I'll take vanilla! yelled the gorilla. I'll take chocolate! shouted the ocelot. I'll take strawberry! chirped the canary. Rocky road! croaked the toad. Lime and lemon! growled the lion. Said the ice cream man, till I see a dime, you'll get no ice cream of mine! Then the animals snarled and screeched and growled and whinnied and whimpered and hooted and howled and gobbled up the whole ice cream stand. All 52 flavours. 53 with the ice cream man. Big eating contest. The entrance fee cost me $2 and then it cost $20 more for those burgers and fries. My hospital bill Was 110, but I won the $5 first prize. Web Foot. Whoa, us swans and geese have rotten luck. You folks don't know whose name is whose. I waddle in, you all yell, duck! Can't you see that I'm a goose? Don the Dragon's Birthday. Here he comes across the lake. He's coming for the birthday cake. Sing happy birthday, Dragon Don, and watch him blow the candles on the bear, the fire, and the snow. I live in fear of the snow, said the bear. Whenever it's here, be sure I'll be there. Oh, the pain and the cold when one's bearish and old. I live in fear of the snow. I live in fear of the fire, said the snow. Whenever it comes, then it's time I must go. With the yellow-licked flames leaping higher and higher, I live in fear of the fire. I live in fear of the river, said the fire. It can drown all my flames any time it desires, and the thought of the wet makes me splutter and shiver. I live in fear of the river. I live in fear of the bear, said the river. It can lap me right up, don't you know, while a mile away you can hear the bear say, I live in fear of the snow. Hello, Lois Letchford. One of the joys of poetry are the multiple meanings of words and the multiple meanings that come through poetry. And this is another one. Foot Repair. Falling Up by Shel Silverstein. I walk so much I wore down my feet. Do you know how weird that feels? I went to the cobbler. Ah, says he, you need new soles and heels. So he took some tacks and some thick new skin, and quick as quick could be, he stitched and he clipped and he glued and he snipped, and he shined them up for me. And then he said, $10, please. It almost knocked me flat. $10 just for heels and soles? I could have bought new feet for that. Thank you. Hit like and subscribe.
