The five little Peppers
Were a family of five,
Poor but brave and cheerful.
What were their names?
I can't remember. Oh, Polly
And I think Phronsie, the two girls.
And the boys? Ted, maybe.
There were three of them.
There were wonderful drawings.
It must have been Victorian
Judging from the long dresses.
Their mother was brave too.
(Of course. In books, the poor
Are always gallant and soldier on.)
Somehow they managed
To have an incredible Christmas.
I remember a picture of the tree,
Loaded with toys and other presents.
There was a rocking horse somewhere.
It might have been for Phronsie.
All this from a secret benefactor?
Of course, their fortunes improved
And, in the end, they had lovely clothes,
Lovely toys, and were still kind
And still polite to one another.
Perhaps a longlost cousin left his fortune.
Author notes
A slightly snarky note has crept in. That's me as adult but, when I was a child, I loved the book unconditionally.
A contest entry
- When We Were Very Young....and other stories.... by nostalgicdreamer416.
525 points, ended April 10, 2008, 6 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
So, what's your opinion of this?
Comments
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I'm not familiar with this story either
it sure does fill the imagination with all kinds of imagery and mystery doesn't it...thanks for sharing
this new story with us here!
ears/Seattle
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i never heard of this story, so i looked it up.....hee hee i thought it was a story of five litte peppers [the edible kind
] so the whole time im reading this im thinking of red, orange, green bell peppers lol....i actually want to go find this book and read it now....i like the approach you took on this poem, you wrote it as if it were your mind thinking on paper....i love it....it's felt genuine.....thank you for entering the contest and the best of luck....
Godbless ;]
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