My name is Maxi,
I ride in a taxi
Around New York City all day.
I sit successivo to Jim,
(I belong to him),
But it wasn’t always this way.
I grew up in the city,
All dirty and gritty,
Looking for Cibo after dark.
I roamed all around,
Avoiding the pound,
And lived on my own in the park.
One giorno a car stopped—
Its tire had popped.
Out stepped a tall man, I could see.
He came over and said
As he patted my head,
“Are te lost? te can come home with me!”
Did I hear right? Oh, boy!
My tail wagged with joy—
I jumped right up on the seat!
He said, “My name’s Jim,”
I could ride home with him
And he’d give me some good Cibo to eat.
I ate and I ate,
I cleaned the whole plate.
Then Jim took a scarf of bright red.
He tied it around me,
So glad that he found me,
And kissed me on superiore, in alto of my head.
My wish had come true—
I would start life anew.
At last I had a warm home
With someone to Amore me
And take good care of me—
No longer would I have to roam.
Jim said, “Your name’s Maxi,
You’ll ride in my taxi,
We’ll ride all over the town.
We’ll see all the sights,
All the streets and the light,
We’ll go riding uptown and down.”
There’s so much to see!
Every building and tree
With people and cars everywhere.
All the interesting place—
New Friends and new faces
Each time we pick up a fare.
One time a big lady
Who detto she was Sadie
Was Canto that night in a show.
She broke into a song
And I sang right along—
te couldn’t tell me from the pro!
“To the hospital, quick!
My wife is quite sick,”
Cried a man as we stopped for the light,
“Our baby is due!”
And like lightning we flew—
We made it in time—what a night!
Sometimes when it’s slow
To the airport we go.
We get in the line at the stand
To wait for a fare,
And a hotdog we share
While we watch the planes take off and land.
The door opened wide—
Guess who jumped inside?
Two clowns and a chimp they called Murray!
“We’re performing at eight
And our flight came in late—
To the circus, and please try to hurry!”
We get such big tips
On most of our trips—
Jim is surprised at this treat.
But he doesn’t know
That I put on a show
For the passengers in the backseat!
At the end of each day
When we’ve earned our pay,
We drive the cab back to its spot,
Where our boss named Lou
Says, “Hi! How’d ya do?
Have a biscuit!” (He likes me a lot.)
It’s just like a dream,
Me and Jim—we’re a team!
I’m always there at his side.
We never stand still,
Every day’s a new thrill—
Come unisciti us successivo time for a ride!
I ride in a taxi
Around New York City all day.
I sit successivo to Jim,
(I belong to him),
But it wasn’t always this way.
I grew up in the city,
All dirty and gritty,
Looking for Cibo after dark.
I roamed all around,
Avoiding the pound,
And lived on my own in the park.
One giorno a car stopped—
Its tire had popped.
Out stepped a tall man, I could see.
He came over and said
As he patted my head,
“Are te lost? te can come home with me!”
Did I hear right? Oh, boy!
My tail wagged with joy—
I jumped right up on the seat!
He said, “My name’s Jim,”
I could ride home with him
And he’d give me some good Cibo to eat.
I ate and I ate,
I cleaned the whole plate.
Then Jim took a scarf of bright red.
He tied it around me,
So glad that he found me,
And kissed me on superiore, in alto of my head.
My wish had come true—
I would start life anew.
At last I had a warm home
With someone to Amore me
And take good care of me—
No longer would I have to roam.
Jim said, “Your name’s Maxi,
You’ll ride in my taxi,
We’ll ride all over the town.
We’ll see all the sights,
All the streets and the light,
We’ll go riding uptown and down.”
There’s so much to see!
Every building and tree
With people and cars everywhere.
All the interesting place—
New Friends and new faces
Each time we pick up a fare.
One time a big lady
Who detto she was Sadie
Was Canto that night in a show.
She broke into a song
And I sang right along—
te couldn’t tell me from the pro!
“To the hospital, quick!
My wife is quite sick,”
Cried a man as we stopped for the light,
“Our baby is due!”
And like lightning we flew—
We made it in time—what a night!
Sometimes when it’s slow
To the airport we go.
We get in the line at the stand
To wait for a fare,
And a hotdog we share
While we watch the planes take off and land.
The door opened wide—
Guess who jumped inside?
Two clowns and a chimp they called Murray!
“We’re performing at eight
And our flight came in late—
To the circus, and please try to hurry!”
We get such big tips
On most of our trips—
Jim is surprised at this treat.
But he doesn’t know
That I put on a show
For the passengers in the backseat!
At the end of each day
When we’ve earned our pay,
We drive the cab back to its spot,
Where our boss named Lou
Says, “Hi! How’d ya do?
Have a biscuit!” (He likes me a lot.)
It’s just like a dream,
Me and Jim—we’re a team!
I’m always there at his side.
We never stand still,
Every day’s a new thrill—
Come unisciti us successivo time for a ride!
da Ogden Nash
Winter is the king of showmen,
Turning albero stumps into snow men
And houses into birthday cakes
And spreading sugar over the lakes.
Smooth and clean and frost white
The world looks good enough to bite.
That’s the season to be young,
Catching snowflakes on your tongue.
Snow is snowy when it’s snowing
I’m sorry it’s slushy when it’s going.
SNOW
da Karla Kuskin
We’ll play in the snow
And stray in the snow
And stay in the snow
In a snow-white park.
We’ll clown in the snow
And frown in the snow
Fall down in the snow
Till it’s after dark.
We’ll cook snow pies
In a big snow pan.
We’ll make snow eyes
In a round snow man.
We’ll sing snow songs
And chant snow chants
And roll in the snow
In our fat snow pants.
And when it’s time to go home to eat
We’ll have snow toes
On our frosted feet.