1. לֹא
הַבַּיְשָן
לָמֵד
Adina Broder

2. Someone who is shy doesn’t learn
Chazal say that:
Someone who is shy
doesn’t learn
Why?

3. There once was a bison
Who sat in back of the class
He wanted to do well …
Or at least just to pass

4. But as the teacher would read To the class from the text
The bison just sat there
Completely perplexed
Is she speaking English?!
Is she speaking
English?!

5. And his stomach felt pain
When he tried to ask
The teacher to explain
His palms got sweaty
And his stomach felt pain
Is she speaking English?!
I think I’m going to
be sick

6. Too shy to ask a question He wanted to shrink
Because he was worried about
What his classmates would think
The owl will think I’m stupid.
The panther will say I’m dumb.
And, what will the fox say?

7. So he didn’t ask
And just tried to do his best
But since he didn’t understand
He failed every test

8. He never asked a question, He was just too afraid,
So he spent the rest of his life
In the fifth grade!
Not again!

9. Someone who is shy doesn’t learn
We see that:
Someone who is shy
doesn’t learn
In this case:
לֹא הַ לָמֵד
BISON
בַּיְשָן

10. לא הַבַּיְשָן לָמֵד
A shy person
doesn’t learn