"Oh please take me fishing, oh please, pretty please,"
insisted my sister the pest.
She drives me bananas when she's at her worst,
she bugs me when she's at her best.

She wouldn't give up, so I've got her alone,
but I've not decided her fate.
Maybe I'll patiently teach her to fish-
maybe I'll use her for bait!
 

My Brother's Really Stingy

My brother's really stingy,
he's the lowest, he's the worst.
He never shares his lollipops
unless he licks them first.
 
 

a PIZZA the size of the SUN
Text copyright 1994, 1996 by Jack Prelutsky.
Illustrations copyright 1996 by James Stevenson.