Sally's Finger

Sally wished she was more wild And wasn’t so afraid to go a little crazy But all this hiding from the world&nbsp; Was making her quite lazy

She gazed at the ceiling And imagined it disappear The sun, the clouds, the sky Everything became so clear

Her finger pointed towards the door &nbsp; Which gave her a sad feeling As she sat there on her bedroom floor She looked up at the ceiling

“Most of all I don’t want to Sit at home and wonder why I didn’t follow my finger When I pointed to the sky“

Sally looked out of her window

The sights, the sounds, the smells,&nbsp;

Thanks to Ms. Smith's 4th Class for bringing Sally's story to life. You are all illustration sensations! Believe in yourself and not even the sky can limit you. Until we meet again. Your pal, Mr. Byrne

Illustrated by Ms. Smith's 4th Class, St. Joseph's S.N.S, Ballymun

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“I want to skip, I want to run I want to get excited I want to jump in rivers&nbsp; And swim around delighted”

Sally then looked at her finger,&nbsp; She had wagged with all her might She realised she was angry And it gave her quite a fright

One day, Sally's mam knocked on her bedroom door Telling Sally to “go out and play!", Sally wagged her finger screaming: "Close the door, just go away!"

Her finger pointed upward As high as it could go “I must get out of this house, there’s so much I need to know”

“I want to breathe fresh air And feel it in my lungs I want to see the trees And learn about the sun”

She thought, “Right now I am a child, And childhood ends so soon,&nbsp; But wasn’t every astronaut a child Before they set foot on the moon?”

She looked back at her finger And began to wonder why She had pointed it at her mother And not pointed it to the sky?

I love to stay indoors she thought It's safer than outside I can’t know what I’m missing If I lock myself in and hide

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