Mike's Birthday 2016
A gentleman I know called Mike
Loves to play tennis and hike
He's tall and he's thin
With a whiskerey grin
He's a fellow you can't help but like
Not a Single Vegetable
Turning two is just the age when kids become more stable
It doesn't mean they'll deign to eat a single vegetable.
Hide them in a sausage - nah. That will not enable you
To secretly pop into his mouth a single vegetable
Tell him tales of sickly boys in some fantastic fable
Sick because they did not eat a single vegetable
Slip a pea in pasta shells - that is if you're able
He'll spit it out. You can't disguise a single vegetable
Do not allow the child to move. Keep him at the table
Thirty minutes later not a single vegetable
'No pudding,' you cry in despair. Your mind's become unstable
He smiles. He knows that he'll not touch a single vegetable
'No more Peppa Pig,' you say. You'll unplug the cable
Broccoli untouched. No, not a single vegetable
Will pass his lips. You tried your best. You did all you could do
Let's leave it. It's his birthday and the boy has just turned two
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