Some Little Thoughts

I’ve learned a lot in my long years of life;
I’ve learned so fast, I can’t believe it’s true;
I’ve mastered so many skills of late
That I can’t believe my absorption rate;
To think: My father thought
            I wouldn’t even learn to use a knife! 

I’ve learned about building blocks and chalk;
I’ve learned how to wash my face;
I’ve learned how to make my bed so well
That I can’t recall my mother’s yell;
To think: My father thought
            I wouldn’t even learn to talk! 

I’ve struggled and mastered all of my sums;
I know all about school;
I’ve learned so much about
What’s wrong and right
That people may say I’m just too bright;
To think: My father thought
            I wouldn’t even learn the drums! 

I’ve learned about words and tenses;
I’ve learned about great deeds of men;
I’ve learned so much from reading books
That I must be careful of my eyes and my looks;
To think: My father thought
            I wouldn’t even learn about senses! 

The list of things for me to learn,
Can’t be much longer, of that I am sure:
How much does one need to know,
About life, death, the rain and the snow?
To think: My father
            didn’t even teach me about the worm! 

Parents really don’t know much
            -- just like a mouse;
It is we, who really run the world;
Just look around and you’ll see our worth
‘Cause children know the sun
            goes round the earth;
And to think: It was the stork
            which carried me to this house!