dusk arising

four and counting

 

So I told my mommy
I could already count to four
but I knew Penny counted higher
I wanted to count some more

 

So sat beneath a kitchen chair,
I practiced five six seven and eight
mommy\'s pleased i\'m growing up
even got my very own plate

 

Nine and ten then its back again
to a funny one called eleven
ch-welve is good thirteen is bad
but I keep forgetting seven

 

Fifteen onto two-wenty
Forty one, forty two forty three
i\'m looking forward to showing off
sitting on daddy\'s knee

 

Seventy, eighty, ninety-nine
wait till Penny comes home
mommy says i can tell aunt Molly
tonite on the telephone

 

Penny she\'s my big sister
She\'s home from school at four
now I can play her counting games
not be left out anymore