April Fool
BY MYRA COHN LIVINGSTON
The maple syrup’s full of ants.
A mouse is creeping on the shelf.
Is that a spider on your back?
I ate a whole pie by myself.
The kitchen sink just overflowed.
A flash flood washed away the school.
I threw your blanket in the trash.
I never lie————I————
APRIL FOOL!
Myra Cohn Livingston, “April Fool” from Celebrations. Copyright © 1985 by Myra Cohn Livingston. Reprinted by permission of Marian Reiner.
Source: Celebrations (Holiday House, 1985)