Monday, April 23, 2007

Science Verse, by Jon Scieszka

"Why Scientists Don't Write Nursery Rhymes"

MARY HAD A ...
Mary had a little worm.
She thought it was a chigger.
But everything that Mary ate,
Only made it bigger.

It came with her to school one day,
And gave the kids a fright,
Especially when the teacher said,
"Now that's a parasite."

HEY DIDDLE DIDDLE
Hey diddle diddle, what kind of riddle
Is this nature of light?
Sometimes it's a wave,
Other times particle...
But which answer will be marked right?

JACK BE NIMBLE
Jack be nimble, Jack be quick
Jack jump over the combustion reaction of O2 + heat + fuel
to form CO2 + light + heat + exhaust.

GOOD NIGHT
Good night, sleep tight,
Don't let the bedbug,
tick, or louse
suck blood from you, hatch its eggs,
and then develop the larvae on you
... all right?

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