Sarah and her Big Problem

 This story poem has my daughter's namesake, Sarah...and she is the main character.  Sarah was not a crying child growing up, but I was for sure.  The classroom setting and children in it is also meaningful to me because it was one of my favorite places to be growing up...even with the bullies that existed.  This story is dedicated to my daughter, Sarah, and the children who cry a lot growing up that just need someone to assure them that everything will be ok...or that need a life lesson that doesn't cost anything to give.

~KH

Little Sarah had a problem

She spelled one word wrong on her test

So Sarah cried and cried

Upon her desk

And her test

And soon both of these

Started floating on a river of her tears

And soon the classroom was flooded

Carrying with it all the students and teachers

The river went through the hallways

Picking up books

And more teachers and students along the way

Till it finally crashed through the school doors

And made its way to the school parking lot and playground

Which was surrounded by a brick wall

So that the waves of Sarah's tears crashed upon it.

And soon the buses were caught in it

And the river made a swamp

And no one knew what to do

And still Sarah cried over her misspelled word.

Then it started to rain

And Sarah still cried over the mistake she had made

Rain turned to storm with lightning and thunder

And all around were scared

And Sarah still cried over her blunder

But finally a teacher noticed what was the matter

And swam with a desk under her arm towards Sarah and said

"Sarah, why are you crying?"

And Sarah explained

And the teacher understood and gently explained

That it was not necessary to make something so big out of something so small

The misspelling one word was not bad at all

"Do not be hard on yourself...it accomplishes nothing"

"It's best to learn from your mistake and move onto another something"

And Sarah calmed down and with a blink of her eye

Was back in her classroom and everything was dry!

And Sarah learned something that day that was important

That crying over a misspelled word was not worth it!