In walks his mother and says, “Food is on the table”
and I think to myself, “Eat! Oh I’ll never be able”
but you wouldn’t believe it, what a great spread
it had all of my favorites on it, including fairy bread
I grabbed a party plate and piled it all up
then poured my own drink in a red plastic cup
we all finished eating, then an adult announced a surprise
“Kids go out the back, a magician’s arrived”
Sitting all in a circle, we watch his great tricks
as he waved his wand,
we all laughed,
as the rabbit in the hat, escaped on the grass
“I need a volunteer, who could try juggling these balls”
I knew I could do it, as I’ve done it before
my uncle has a fruit and veggie shop, which I visit nearly everyday
where he’s always juggling oranges and other things from his neat displays
And before I knew why
my hand was up and pointing to the sky
I was feeling full of confidence and no longer was I shy
I took hold of the balls and would do my uncle proud
as I did my juggling tricks, in front of a roaring crowd
Everyone was clapping and cheering
and they all thought I was great
then the magician said “I’m sorry kids
but it’s getting very late”
He packed up all his bags of tricks
and said that he must go
he would like to thank all the kids, especially me
for helping with his show
We all played one more game of pass the parcel on the floor
then a grown up came into the room, and said “It’s five to four”
I can’t remember the last time that I had so much fun
I looked up at the doorway, and saw my smiling mum
arriving at the time she said, and not a minute late
before I knew, with a lolly bag, we were driving out the gate
I didn’t want to go home, I wanted to stay longer
with all that delicious party food, you’d never die from hunger
but mum said there’ll be other parties, that I’ll get to go to
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