Makenna's+Poetry

Smart By: Shel Silverstein

My dad gave me one dollar bill 'Cause I'm his smartest son, And I swapped it for two shiny quarters 'Cause two is more than one!

And then I took the quarters And traded them to Lou For three dimes--I guess he don't know That three is more than two!

Just then, along came old blind Bates And just ' cause he can't see He gave me four nickles for my three dimes And four is more than three!

And I took the nickles to Hiram Coombs Down at the sees--feed store And the fool gave my five pennies for them, And five is more than four!

And then I went to show my dad, And he got red in the cheeks and shoook his head to proud of me to speak