PAD day 5 keep this

Keep This Little Thing

Lily, Tilly, Milly and Spark’s

home was bright and airy,

nestled in a tall willow tree

with Mom and Dad fairy.

Lily, Tilly, Milly—all girls,

shared a room together.

Spark was glad for his own big room

and a bed of feather.

But one morning Spark heard a noise

like a kitten mewing.

What was with him in his own room?

What were those girls doing?

Tiptoeing over to a shell,

he spied a tiny thing,

not much bigger than a peanut,

opened mouth and crying.

Mama hurried into Spark’s room.

“What is that thing?” asked Spark.

Mama smiled. “He is not a thing.”

”This is your brother, Lark.”

“Spark, he has come to live with us.

He’ll share this room with you.”

“Don’t want to share!” Spark yelled out loud,

not knowing what to do.

“Lark will be a good friend, you’ll see.

But now you need to share.

You can be a great helper, Spark.”

Babies need lots of care.”

So Spark helped Mama care for Lark,

bringing things she asked for.

Bottles, booties, diapers, pjs,

lotions, onesies and more.

Lark slept or ate both day and night.

His hunger had no end.

He cried, and peed and pooped his pants.

When would he be a friend?

So everyday Lark grew bigger.

He liked to pat Spark’s face.

He tried to stand, flapping his wings

and crawled all through the place.

And Spark could make his brother laugh.

And Lark made Spark giggle.

Lark could be funny and silly.

He would squirm and wiggle.

And Lark made the goofiest sounds,

“Baba, mum mum, goo goo.”

One day he reached up and said, “Paawt!”

Mom said to Spark, “That’s you!”

Spark thought, Yes, Lark could be a friend.

“I guess it is okay,”

He told his parents with a smile,

“if this small thing will stay.”