Shoes by Michael Rosen

If you don't put your shoes on before I count fifteen then we wont go to the woods to climb the chestnut tree.
One.

BUT I CANT FIND THEM.

Two.

I CAN'T.

They're under the sofa. Three.

NO.....O YES.

Four Five Six

STOP THEY'VE GOT KNOTS THEY'VE GOT KNOTS.

You should untie the laces when you take your shoes off. Seven.

WILL YOU DO ONE SHOE WHILE I DO THE OTHER THEN?

Eight. But that would be cheating....

PLEASE

All right.

IT ALWAYS......

Nine.

IT ALWAYS STICKS -I'LL USE MY TEETH.
Ten.

IT WON'T IT WON'T......IT HAS - LOOK.

Eleven.

I'M NOT WEARING ANY SOCKS.

Twelve.

STOP COUNTING STOP COUNTING. (MUM WHERE ARE MY SOCKS MUM?)

They're in your shoes. Where you left them.

I DIDN'T

Thirteen.

O THEY'RE INSIDE OUT AND UPSIDE DOWN AND BUNDLED UP.

Fourteen.

HAVE YOU DONE THE KNOT ON THE SHOE YOU WERE....

Yes. Put it on the right foot.

BUT SOCKS DON'T HAVE RIGHT AND WRONG FEET.

The shoes, silly....Fourteen and a half.

I AM I AM. WAIT. DON'T GO TO THE WOODS WITHOUT ME. LOOK THATS ONE SHOE ALREADY.

Fourteen and threequarters.

THERE

You haven't tied the bows yet.

WE COULD DO THAT ON THE WAY THERE?

No we won't. Fourteen and seven eighths.

HELP ME THEN- YOU KNOW I'M NOT FAST AT BOWS.

Fourteen and fifteen sixteeeeeeenths.

A SINGLE BOW IS ALL RIGHT, ISN'T IT.

Fifteen. We're off.

SEE I DID IT.
DIDN'T I?

5th September 2014 5th Sep 14

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Jasmine

So sweet, big and little shoes which represent the relationship of their owners. Love it!

September 5th, 2014

Newbank Lass

@jazhirst Finally typed poem out to go with it....Have a read. It uploaded it before typed it up.

September 5th, 2014

Jasmine

Ha ha! That's perfect! I was smiling the whole way through, it's so familiar.

September 5th, 2014

Simply Amanda

Shoes lost. Eek, drives me nuts. We lose socks more than shoes now. Love the beachy flops.

September 5th, 2014

Newbank Lass

@amandal @jazhirst We read this book of poems for first time last night. After first morning of school run saying shoes please, please shoes, shoes now please this just struck a cord and made me smile.

September 5th, 2014

Newbank Lass

@amandal socks....if get a matching pair in this house it's your lucky day...eldest has just been bought plain navy socks with stripes on the heel....the stripes wont show at school so it wont matter if they don't match...

September 5th, 2014

Simply Amanda

I think the drier eats socks. I'm convinced of it.

September 5th, 2014

Newbank Lass

@amandal mine does for sure.....

September 5th, 2014

Lisa Spring

OMG. What a great story. Fun shot. :)

September 5th, 2014

Debs Stott

Oh my word, that was a long count to 15! Lovely story.

September 5th, 2014

gloria jones ace

Fun shot and story.

September 5th, 2014

Lady Magpie (Heather) ace

Just shows how much little feet grow into bigger ones. Lovely cute capture. I once ended up with 2 right shoes like the pink ones, they became my Flip-Flips.

September 5th, 2014

Pat Knowles ace

I thought it was your write up & you had actually said all that....I can just imagine you & your two doing it all exactly as the poem say!

September 5th, 2014

Newbank Lass

@happypat I have many a time had conversations v like this hence why this poem resonated lots last night!

September 5th, 2014

dh (delena)

I've always loved Michael Rosen. I used to read his poems to my class when I was teaching and then I read them to my own children. 'Chocolate Cake' was a particular favourite, and also the Eddie poems. I was so sad when I found out that Eddie Rosen had died of meningitis as a teenager. I felt like I knew him as a toddler.

September 5th, 2014

Newbank Lass

@dh didn't know that. Only discovered him this week and we loved his poems yesterday. Just brilliant.

September 5th, 2014