This
is the original Shel Sylverstein "WHATIF" poem we studied in
class:
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Last night, while I lay thinking here,
Some Whatifs crawled inside my ear
And pranced and partied all night
long
And sang their same old Whatif song:
Whatif I'm dumb in school?
Whatif they've closed the swimming pool?
Whatif I get beat up?
Whatif there's poison in my cup?
Whatif I start to cry?
Whatif I get
sick and die?
Whatif I flunk that test?
Whatif green hair grows on my
chest?
Whatif nobody likes me?
Whatif a bolt of lightning strikes me?
Whatif I don't grow tall?
Whatif my head starts getting smaller?
Whatif the fish won't bite?
Whatif the wind tears up my kite?
Whatif
they start a war?
Whatif my parents get divorced?
Whatif the bus is
late?
Whatif my teeth don't grow in straight?
Whatif I tear my pants?
Whatif I never learn to dance?
Everything seems swell, and then
The
nighttime Whatifs strike again!
…and
this is our version:
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Whatif
a bear will eat me? Whatif
my best friend beats me?
(Ron) |
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Whatif
they'll know my fears? Whatif
they'll make them real?
(Tomer) Whatif
Fredi Crooger comes back to life? Watif
he'll eat me alive?
(Neta) |
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Whatif
I don't wake up in the morning? Whatif I
stopped walking?
(Amit) |
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Whatif
I am sick and sneeze? |
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Whatif
I never have a pet? |
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Whatif
I grow too tall? Whatif
I start to look like a ball? (Dana
O.) |
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Whatif
I'll break my leg? Whatif
I don't find my bag?
(Guy) |
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Whatif
they crawl under the bed and eat me alive? Whatif
I could never count to five? |
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Whatif
I'll never find true love? |
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Whatif
I get the flu? Whatif
I become too blue?
(Dana S.) |
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Whatif
I will lose my lollipop? |
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Whatif
someone steals my money? Whatif
someone kills my bunny?
(Gal) |
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Whatif
somethhing falls on me from above?
Whatif
I will be in love?
(Tal)