IVAN ITCH OF SCRATCHY BOTTOM
by 
Joella
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Posted: Wednesday, September 8, 2010 Word Count: 196 Summary: Having written lots of rhyming stories about Major Payne in Happy Bottom, I've come up with a new character. Scratchy Bottom, like Happy Bottom, is a real place in Dorset. I'm rewriting the first series for younger children, as I don't feel they have a target audience at present. I'd be grateful for comments on this poem, for I hope it's suitable for 6/7 year olds. (?) Younger if read to, maybe? Many thanks. Joella. |
IVAN ITCH OF SCRATCHY BOTTOM
(I've revised this from original posting)
Ivan Itch sailed the seven seas
but now the time had come
to say farewell to rats and fleas
that liked to bite his ... leg.
He wanted to be a farmer
find some land and that he did
buying up 'Scratchy Bottom'
from old, pot bellied, Sid.
Ivan Itch's Scratchy Bottom
had no house upon the land
so he built himself a cabin
and thought it very grand.
Trembling in his bed one night
he feared his heart would fail
when lightening struck, thunder roared
and wind force reached a gale.
A mighty storm picked up his house
and tossed it to the sky
the roof flew off, the walls fell down
and Ivan had to fly.
He travelled into outer space
and almost to the moon
then down, down, down past stars he fell
afraid he'd meet his doom.
A vicar standing with his flock
saw an angel in the skies,
but as man in white descended
they covered up their eyes.
Poor Ivan was embarrassed
when those who dared to glance
saw beneath the billowing nightshirt
his bright pink polka dot pants.
(I've revised this from original posting)
Ivan Itch sailed the seven seas
but now the time had come
to say farewell to rats and fleas
that liked to bite his ... leg.
He wanted to be a farmer
find some land and that he did
buying up 'Scratchy Bottom'
from old, pot bellied, Sid.
Ivan Itch's Scratchy Bottom
had no house upon the land
so he built himself a cabin
and thought it very grand.
Trembling in his bed one night
he feared his heart would fail
when lightening struck, thunder roared
and wind force reached a gale.
A mighty storm picked up his house
and tossed it to the sky
the roof flew off, the walls fell down
and Ivan had to fly.
He travelled into outer space
and almost to the moon
then down, down, down past stars he fell
afraid he'd meet his doom.
A vicar standing with his flock
saw an angel in the skies,
but as man in white descended
they covered up their eyes.
Poor Ivan was embarrassed
when those who dared to glance
saw beneath the billowing nightshirt
his bright pink polka dot pants.