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Susan

POETRY

A Reading A–Z Poetry Book
Word Count: 374

Written and Illustrated by Lilian Price Hacker

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When Susan skips, her skipping rope
Goes whirling round and round.
She moves so fast, she hardly seems
To step upon the ground.
And though you’d think she’s sure to fall,
She never, never slips.
Everybody says, “Hurrah!”
Whenever Susan skips.

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by Lilian Price Hacker

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When Susan sighs, she’s doing math.

Of that you may be sure.
For Susan says that math’s a thing
She simply can’t endure.
The answers never will come right
No matter how she tries,
And everybody wants to help
Whenever Susan sighs.

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When Susan scowls, she’d better turn
Her back to everyone.
To see her frown so horribly
Is anything but fun.
So nasty does she make her face
That everybody howls.
For everyone is terrified
Whenever Susan scowls.

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When Susan sleeps, the little mice
Come nibbling at her toe.
But if she suddenly awoke,

How quickly they would go!
See how tight her eyes are shut
And see how still she keeps.
Everybody says to “Hush!”
Whenever Susan sleeps.

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When Susan’s shy, it’s very hard
To make her speak a word.
And when she does, she whispers so
Her voice is barely heard.
She puts her finger in her mouth
And seems to want to cry,
Yet everyone’s so nice to her
Whenever Susan’s shy.

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When Susan’s sick, poor little girl,
She has to go to bed.
She doesn’t want to laugh or play—
She wants to sleep instead.
The doctor comes to check on her

And says her pulse is quick.
Everybody worries so
Whenever Susan’s sick.

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When Susan sews, her stitches are
Extremely neat and small.
And if she takes the greatest care,
They hardly show at all.
She sits up straight, and in and out
Her shining needle goes.
Everyone is pleased with her
Whenever Susan sews.

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When Susan sneers—oh, horrible!
What’s she sneering at?
It must be something very bad
To make her look like that.
The flowers droop and hang their heads,
The sunshine disappears,
And everybody shrivels up

Whenever Susan sneers.

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When Susan sings, her little voice
Sounds sweet and clear and true.
Her little mouth she opens wide
Just as she ought to do.
Her songs are all of flowers, birds,
And lambs, and happy things.
And everybody wants to sing
Whenever Susan sings.

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This book, first published in 1912, was written by
Lilian Price Hacker for her daughter, Susan. Hacker
was an accomplished painter who exhibited at the
Royal Academy in London from 1909 to 1924.

Susan
A Reading A–Z Poetry Book
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Written and Illustrated by Lilian Price Hacker

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