The next generation!
\nby cricketjeff on May 21, 2008.\u00a0 \u00a9 Jeff Green, All rights reserved
\nTom lived next door to Mary and they rarely played apart
\nThey were really rather naughty and they had been from the start
\nWhen both of them were fives years old, they dug up worms for fun
\nAnd Mary’s Mum was horrified with Worm and Current bun
\nThe high jinks were continued when they had the time at school
\nTom’s teacher walked round half the day, his back was labelled “FOOL”
\nMary used to tickle Tom until he wet his pants
\nAnd Tom would then retaliate and fill her hair with ants
\nThe giggling pair would hurry home to torture Mum and Dad
\nA house not filled with screams and yells left Tom and Mary sad<\/p>\n
When both of them we ten or so, they played all day on bikes
\nFor miles around the pair were known as dreadful little tykes
\nKnock down ginger, water bombs, and chasing dogs and cats
\nNo-one was safe from catapults, or finding they’d four flats
\nThe other children gazed in awe our heroes were the kings
\nWithout a doubt the dreadful pair weren’t earning angel’s wings
\nPolice were called each month or so and pocket money stopped
\nBut Tom and Mary never quit and punishments all flopped
\nGrounding them had no effect, their windows were like doors
\nThey didn’t mind their bottoms smacked and made a game of chores<\/p>\n
Everything then changed one day, when Mary’s legs grew long
\nThe two of them still played their games, another sort of wrong
\nNow Mary pushes Pete around, while Pete has plans in store
\nAt Tom and Mary’s brand new house, a girl’s moved in next door!
\n Author notes
\nAnd so it goes on…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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