29 SEPTEMBER 1928, Page 18

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Ears

Oh, how I hate to hear Nurse say, " Now have you washed your ears to-day ? ".

The other things one's got to do, Like brush your hair, or tie that shoe, Or wipe your mouth and say your grace, Or clean your hands and sponge your face,

All these make children's lives a pest,

And give them little or no rest.

But all of these I'd greet with cheers To be excused from Wash Your Ears.

When I'm grown up I often think How I'll have lemonade to drink, And ices every day, of course,

And six large dogs and p'r'aps a horse.

And no one ever there to say " Now tidy up, and stop your play !

I daresay I'll be rather dirty

When I'm a quite old man of thirty, But once grown up I tell you plain I'll never wash my ears again D. M. HOLLAND.