Singer Marilyn - Mirror Mirror: A Book of Reversible Verse

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Illustrations copyright 2010 by Jose Massee
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Rebecca Kai Dotlich
Betsy Franco
Kris OConnell George
Jane Yolen M.S. J.M.

W ho says its true down is the only view? If you believe that, this poem will challenge you. Up is something new.

S omething new is up. You will challenge this poem if you believe that the only view is down. Its true. Says who?

I snt life unfair? Stuck in a corner, while theyre waiting for a chance with the prince, dancing waltz after waltz at the ball, Ill be shining these shoes till the clock strikes midnight. T ill the clock strikes midnight, these shoes! Ill be shining at the ball, dancing waltz after waltz with the prince while theyre waiting for a chance, stuck in a corner. Isnt life unfair?

T ypical.

Hacking through briars, looking for love the prince at work. But I have to be sleeping, never partying, never out in the world. Its no fun being in a fairy tale. I n a fairy tale its no fun being out in the world, never partying, never sleeping. But I have to be the prince at work, looking for love, hacking through briars.

N o wonder she felt snippy.

N o wonder she felt snippy.

Sweeping the floor it took forever to manage all that pale, tangled, dangling hair. Cut off, shut up in the tower, who was that strange girl with the weird name? You know, someone said her mother was a witch. It figures. I t figures. Someone said her mother was a witch. You know that strange girl with the weird name, who was shut up in the tower, cut off all that pale, tangled, dangling hair? It took forever to manage sweeping the floor.

No wonder she felt snippy.

I n my hood, skipping through the wood, carrying a basket, picking berries to eat juicy and sweet what a treat! But a girl mustnt dawdle. After all, Grandmas waiting. A fter all, Grandmas waiting, mustnt dawdle... But a girl! What a treat juicy and sweet, picking berries to eat, carrying a basket, skipping through the wood in my hood.

S omeday Ill turn into a swan.

No way Ill stay an ugly duckling, stubby and gray. Plain to see look at me. A beauty Ill be. A beauty Ill be? Look at me plain to see, stubby and gray. An ugly duckling Ill stay.

L et me help you get some rest.

L et me help you get some rest.

Mother knows best. Listen to me , Snow White. Sleepy, Dopey, Happy, youve been working day and night. You look worn out. A long nap? A blanket? An apple to eat? What would you like? Time to get off your feet. T ime to get off your feet.

What would you like? An apple to eat? A blanket? A long nap? You look worn out. Youve been working day and night Sleepy, dopey, happy Snow White, listen to me. Mother knows best. Let me help you get some rest.