On The Way To School

• Tamara Cordina, Grade 56
• Poetry
• 2007

One day I was walking to school,
On the footpath I saw a mule.
Sat on its back,
Gave it a whack
It took me away to school.
The kids at school
Yelled “Hey that’s cool!”
Told them the story of the mule and its glory.
I ran back home to see,
If the mule could stay with me.