Sleeping Unicorn Shoes. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.
Once upon a time, not so very long ago
In a house with big windows lived a happy. little girl
She wore a pink, princess dress, and shoes which looked like unicorns
And had hair with plaits, a fringe, and two long curls
She liked to write the alphabet
And numbers to a hundred, in a large white book
And draw flowers, and houses, colour people with black hair
Eat strawberries, do gymnastics, and microwave cook
She lived in a tall house with steep stairs and red chairs
At school she had lots of friends with yellow, brown, black and red hair
She climbed on frames in the park until it got dark
Walked home past shops with windows around a curvy bend
On a holiday, grandparents took her out for the day
To a sandy beach by a lake, with a pirate ship
She rode on a tiny train which went out, and back again
Then she had a big white ice cream and ate every bit
At bedtime her parents would read her a book
With pictures in rainbow colours, red, orange, yellow, green and blue
Some of the pictures told funny, silly stories
But the best books told you things which you knew were true
Her favourite book was about a mouse
Which had lived in Egypt, thousands of years ago
It was terrified of a tall, black statue of a cat
Which stood by a pyramid, near where the Nile River flows
She imagined the descendants of that small, scared mouse
Lived in the field by the forest, far behind her house
Near to the river, but far from the sea
Where they ran about freely, under a tall tree
At night she dreamed she held, for them, a birthday party
She prepared, cleaned the house, swept, then would bake
Wrap ribbons, tie bows on bead bracelet gifts for dolls and toys
And share with the small mice a nice, large, cheesecake birthday cake
She slept soundly all through the night
When all her fears of monsters drifted on clouds far away
So she woke to see the rain stopped, just lovely sunlight
So she could play outside on a great weekend day
Each day ends with dreams of curved moons and straight sunlight rays
Or playing outside by swings on a great weekend day
Her fearful monsters shrank, and floated off, on clouds far away
She slept soundly all night to end a satisfying day.
-ends-
Inspired by my extended family. The sandy beach, pirate ship and train were at Ruislip Lido in North West London, England, UK.
A child's bedtime story ideally has soothing sounds and lots of monotonous repetition to lull you to sleep, and ends with an image of somebody sleeping.
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