FanStory.com - Spring/December Friendshipby BethShelby
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A child makes friends with an older lady.
Sories Poetically Speaking
: Spring/December Friendship by BethShelby
    Childhood Friendship Contest Winner 

I didn’t have a lot of choice

when I was only five,

but everybody needs a friend

as sure as we’re alive.

 

There wasn’t anyone my age

who ever came around,

but older ladies need friends too,

whenever they're in town.

 

Miss Mattie was the friend I chose,

because she liked me too.

She visited my grandma when

she’d nothing else to do.

 

My grandma had too much to do

to sit around and chat,

but I was just the perfect one

to help her out with that.

 

Miss Mattie told me lots of tales

because she loved to talk,

and even though she used a cane,

sometimes we’d take a walk.

 

She told me stories of her life

of when she was a child.

The things she did were so funny,

they always made me smile.

 

I loved it when Miss Mattie came

and stayed a day or two.

I knew I'd have a good time with

the nicest friend I knew.

 

Some people said she liked to come,

cause room and board were free.

but I am sure the reason was,

she came because of me.

 

 

Childhood Friendship
Contest Winner

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Author Notes
Mattie knew my grandparents and often visited. Although they didn't welcome her visits, they put up with her, because I loved it when she came. I was an only child with no kids around my age to make friends with.

     

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