1. Sick
By Shel Silverstein

2. “I cannot go to school today,”
Said little Peggy Ann McKay.
“I have measles and the mumps,

3. m u p
A gash, a rash and purple b s
My mouth is wet, my throat is dry,
eye
I’m going blind in my right

4. My tonsils are as BIG as rocks,3 1 4 5 2
My tonsils are as BIG as rocks, 7 11 6 10 9 8
I’ve counted sixteen chicken pox 13 15 12 14
And there’s one more--that’s seventeen, 16 17

5. And don’t you think my face looks green?
My leg is cut, my eyes are blue--
It might be instamatic flu.

6. I cough and sneeze and gasp and ch-choke,
Bro
I’m sure that my left leg is
ke--
My hip hurts when I move my chin,

7. c
My belly button’s in, g a n v i
My back is wrenched, my ankle’s spra
ined,
My ’pendix pains each time it rains.

8. cold
My nose is , my toes are numb.
I have a sliver in my thumb.
My neck is stiff, my voice is weak,

9. I hardly whisper when I speak.
My tongue is filling up my mouth,
f a l l i n g
I think my hair is out.

10. My elbow’s , my spine ain’t t e n strait,
My temperature is one-o-eight.
My brain is , I cannot hear,
shrunk

11. hang There is a inside my ear. hole
I have a nail, and my heart is--what?
hang
What’s that? What’s that you say?

12. You say today is...
Saturday?

13. G’bye, I’m going out to play!”