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

 

Sat beneath a kitchen chair, 
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 e-leven
ch-welve is good thirteen is bad
but I keep forgetting seven

 

Fifteen onto two-wen-ty
Forty one, forty two, forty three
i\'m looking forward to showing off
sitting on daddies knee

 

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

 

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