Raise the funny factor of this poem by reading it to your kids in a silly voice. This short quatrain was a hit in 1895, when Gelett Burgess first published his now-famous poem for kids.

Open any poetry book for proof: You’ll find love poems for romantic moments, silly rhymes for kids and limericks ... and this funny, short poem, which still rings hilariously true across ...

To capture their experiences, Save the Children invited children from countries around the world to write short poems about COVID-19, life under lockdown, and how the pandemic has changed their lives.