by Andrea Lauritzen
“Where are Joshey’s shoes?
Where could they be now?
“Maybe a monster ate them,
or an elephant, or cow.”
“Perhaps something’s carried them off,
or they’ve walked away by themselves.”
“Could they have floated away,
or hidden atop the shelves?
Are they waiting inside the toy box,
or peeking out from beneath the stairs?
What if we can find only one?”
“But shoes always come in pairs.”
“Where are Joshey’s shoes?
Where could they be now?
“We must look everywhere.
We must find them somehow.”
“Did a giraffe chew them to pieces?
Did an alligator swallow them whole?
Perhaps, a tiny mischievious fairy
has set them high on a pole.”
“Maybe Joshey lost them
when he went out to play.
We must find those shoes!
We must find them today!
“Did a witch turn them into a pumpkin,
a toadstool, spider, or frog?
Perhaps they have wandered away.”
“Or been carried off by a dog.”
“Maybe they’re lost in the forest
frightened of every sound.”
“Wherever those shoes have gone
they certainly must be found.”
“Let’s look outside in the woodpile.
Or indoors beneath the couch.”
“Could they have moved to Australia
to live in a kangaroos pouch?”
“They are either in the house
or somewhere very close by.”
“Perhaps, the reason they’re hiding
is because they are awfully shy.”
“We have searched inside and out.”
We have peeked in every nook.”
“But our search is not yet ended.
We have one more place to look.”
“Let’s glance under the bed.
It’s the last place we’ll look today.”
“Oh, here are Joshey’s shoes.”
“Where he left them yesterday.”
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