Flowers are Red
Little boy on the first day of school got some crayons and started to draw,He drew colors all over the paper, for colors was what he saw,
The teacher said, "Whatcha doin' young man?" "I'm paintin' flowers," he said,
"It's no the time for art, young man, and anyway, flowers are green and red"
"There's a time for everything, young man, and a way it should be done,"
"You've got to show concern for everyone else for you're not the only one"
And she said:
"Flowers are red, young man, and green leaves are green
There is no need to see flowers any other way
Than the way they always have been seen"
But the little boy said:
"There are so many colors in a rainbow,
So many colors in the morning sun,
So many colors in a flower,
And I see every one."
The teacher said, "You're sassy! There are ways that things should be,
And you'll paint flowers the way they are, so repeat after me"
And she said:
"Flowers are red, young man, and green leaves are green
There is no need to see flowers any other way
Than the way they always have been seen"
But the little boy said:
"There are so many colors in a rainbow,
So many colors in the morning sun,
So many colors in a flower,
And I see every one."
The teacher put him in a corner,
She said, "It's for your own good
And you won't come out till you get it right,
And responding like you should"
Well, finally he got lonely, frightened thoughts filled his head
And that little boy went to the teacher
And this is what he said:
"Flowers are red, young man, and green leaves are green
There is no need to see flowers any other way
Than the way they always have been seen"
Well, time went by like it always does
And they moved to another town,
And that little boy went to another school,
And this is what he found,
The teacher there was smiling,
She said, "Painting should be fun!
And there are so many colors in a flower
So let's use every one!"
But that little boy painted flowers
In neat little rows of green and red
And when the teacher asked him why
This is what he said:
"Flowers are red, young man, and green leaves are green
There is no need to see flowers any other way
Than the way they always have been seen"
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