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When schools begin to open up
And teachers start their teaching,
The students begin working t’wards
The goals they’ll soon be reaching.
But of the goals that one could set
None could yet surpass
The pride and glory of being ranked
Number one in class.
But if one studied constantly
It would all be in vain.
For no one could be smarter
Than Charlie Megabrain!
When Charlie was a little boy
He wasn’t very bright.
And if you asked him anything
He wouldn’t get it right.
But then one night it happened
As he lay down in his bed.
An asteroid crashed right through the roof
And struck him on the head!
And then what happened after that
You just will not believe,
His IQ went from forty-five
To three hundred thirty-three!
His parents rushed into the room
When they heard the sound of trouble.
And there lay poor ol’ Charlie
Unconscious in the rubble.
“Call a doctor! Call a vet!
Call the National Guard!
An asteroid’s hit poor ol’ Charlie
And his head is now enlarged!”
They rushed him to the clinic;
Tried every test devised
To see why poor ol’ Charlie’s head
Was twice its normal size.
After many weeks of testing,
The doctors had to say,
The size of poor ol’ Charlie’s head
Would always be that way.
With shattered hearts and tear filled eyes
His parents sat and stared
And tried to comprehend the facts
The doctors had declared.
The sadly rising from their seats
They walked to Charlie’s room
And closed their eyes and bowed their heads
As if it were a tomb.
“We have some bad news Charlie dear,
Your heads beyond repair.”
Then Charlie said these words to them,
“E=MC2”
Yes, that was it! The turning point!
That day they lost all fear.
For Charlie went from stupid clod
To Time’s Man of The Year!
And as he grew throughout the years
The smarter he became.
And not a thousand books could hold
The knowledge in his brain.
But though he gained this new found wealth
He suffered quite a loss.
For he started treating other kids
As if he were their boss.
He knew he was the smartest one
To have ever walked the schools.
And so he thought the other kids
Were just a bunch of fools.
“How can I learn in such a place?
I think I’ll go insane!
The children here don’t know a thing
But how to write their names!”
“Charlie!” cried his loving mom.
“I need to talk to you.
Will you sit down and tell me why
You treat folks like your do?”
“You think that you are quite a guy
Oh, such a brilliant gem!
But son you are no better
Than all the rest of them!”
Charlie bowed his head and wept
He knew he was to blame
For the loss of all his friends
And now he felt ashamed.
And then in spite the doctors
And all those tests devised,
Charlie’s head began to shrink
Back to its normal size!
For during all those many years
The doc’s had been mislead.
For it was Charlie’s massive pride
That gave him a swelled head!
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