Classic Poem

Thoughtful little Willie Frazer
Carved his name with father's razor;
Father, unaware of trouble,
Used the blade to shave his stubble.
Father cut himself severely,
Which pleased little Willie dearly—
“I have fixed my father's razor
So it cuts!” said Willie Frazer

Mamie often wondered why
Acids trouble alkali—
Mamie, in a manner placid,
Fed the cat boracic acid,
Whereupon the cat grew frantic,
Executing many an antic,
“Ah!” cried Mamie, overjoyed,
“Pussy is an alkaloid!”

Arthur with a lighted taper
Touched the fire to grandpa's paper.
Grandpa leaped a foot or higher,
Dropped the sheet and shouted “Fire!”
Arthur, wrapped in contemplation,
Viewed the scene of conflagration.
“This,” he said, “confirms my notion—
Heat creates both light and motion.”

Wee, experimental Nina
Dropped her mother's Dresden china
From a seventh-story casement,
Smashing, crashing to the basement.
Nina, somewhat apprehensive,
Said: “This china is expensive,
Yet it proves by demonstration
Newton's law of gravitation.”