Standing in the Corner

I was only a tiny bit naughty,

But teacher said I must pay,

By Standing alone in the corner.

 While facing the other way.

She thinks I was misbehabing,

Today when I was at school,

So I better tell you what I did.

  I know you'll think teacher was cruel.

First I wouldn't stop talking to Johnny,

  Then I pulled the new girl's hair,

I ate my cookie at story time,

And hid Lucy's "show and tell "bear.

So that's why I stood in the corner,

With nothing to do at all,

I think its an aweful waste of time,

  With my face towards the wall.

Did you ever stand in the corner,

Where there's nothing at all to see,

If teacher had given me a story book,

I'd have been happy as happy could be.

by Glenda Shields,

London

***

아마도 초등학교 1학년생인가 싶지요?

개구장이, 말썽꾸러기 a naughty boy!

공부시간에 책은 안 읽고 장난만 친 꼬마녀석!

선생님께 벌 받아 교실 저 구석에 서서

하얀 벽 바라보면서 반성하라 했지요.

맨 끝에

"선생님이 책을 주셨더라면 무척이나 행복했을 터인데..."

(고 녀석! 벌 받으면서 무료하니까 책 읽겠다고? ㅎㅎㅎ)