Naughty Melvin

Scratch! Scratch!
Scratching wooden back door!
Scolded!
Looks guilty!
Splashes of water
Dodging to the left
Dodging to the right
Dodging splashes of water
And rushes out of the gate.
. . .
A few hours later,
His ears poke outside gate bar
Followed by
His face looks smiling
He shows his face courteously
Meowing
As if it apologizes.
We welcome him again
To play together.

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Inspiration On: Tuesday, 12 February 2013 at 3:11am

I told you all about my stray pet ‘Melvin’ in my previous poetry. This time is his naughty actions.

Smoke Out Of Dinosaur’s Mouth

Puff! Puff!
Smoke puffs out of a dinosaur toy.
Oh, it will need water
Or else
It will be on fire.

Run
RUN
RUN to bathroom.
WATER.
Water, water.
Bucket under the tap water
Open the tap water
Then closes it.

Run
RUN
RUN to smoky dinosaur toy.
Pour
POUR
POUR the pail of water onto
The smoky dinosaur toy.
SPLASH!

It will be well now.
Place it onto the floor.
Press its button.
OH! It doesn’t operate anymore.
It doesn’t operate anymore.
It doesn’t operate . . .
It doesn’t . . .
It . . .
. . .

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Inspiration On: Sunday, 27 January 2013 at 6:17pm
Inspiration Ends On: Monday, 28 January 2013 at 3:23pm

My mother in law shared about my husband’s eldest brother when he was young. The above poetry is an inspiration from the actions his eldest brother did to his own toy. In addition, I put myself in his point of view in order to understand him as a toddler. Most of the time, different toddlers are unique and distinct. And most are being misunderstood by the adults and label them who are the naughtiest. Now, my brother in law is an electrician and he can repair any household things.

爸爸凶相似狮子 Daddy is Fierce Like A Lion

爸爸骂 骂我 因为 我调皮。 不要 不要 不要爸爸 爸爸可怕 爸爸很凶 爸爸相似狮子 相狮子 那么可怕。 可是我行为好的时候 爸爸不可怕。 我要爸爸。 我要爸爸。

Daddy scolds He scolds me Because I am naughty. Don’t want Don’t want I don’t want daddy Daddy is scary Daddy is very fierce Daddy is like a lion Fierce Like a lion. But he is not fierce When I well behave. I want daddy. I want daddy.

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Inspiration On: Thursday, 6 December 2012 at 10:58pm to 11:54pm

At night, he would prefer me to pray than his dad because his dad scolded him for being naughty. So he replied, “不要爸爸祷告，爸爸可怕，爸爸很凶，爸爸相狮子。” Then I revise it a bit by inserting head and tail and putting myself in his shoes when his dad is not fierce and he wants his daddy.