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Transcript
New boy
A blue boy started school today
He’s sitting next to Jude
And everybody looked at him
Although we know that’s rude.
I wondered why his skin was blue
So different from mine
I wondered if it bothered him
But he seemed to like it fine.
And suddenly my classroom seemed
A more exciting place
A bigger world was coming in
With a different kind of face.
I spoke to him at morning break
Although I felt quite shy
I thought that he would like a friend
If I was new, I’d cry!
And then I saw him staring too
His eyes were wide and round
Just because we have long tails
Which trail along the ground.
I think we’re going to be good friends
We seem to think the same
About a lot of different things
And we even share a name!
Gillian Craig
Discussion
Do you like this poem? Can you think of some other ways of being different? Tell us about them!
Why does the poem say that people have tail? I wonder why.