Final NWW Children's Competition Winners 2018 (Primary)

NORTH WEST WORDS
PRIMARY POETRY
The Defeat of the Sewing Machine
Verse 1
There was an old lady, who was right and just,
Who had an old sewing machine that was getting rather bust.
She took it to a car fixer but he said, “GO AWAY!”
She asked a fishy fox, but he declined and didn’t stay.
Verse 2
She had a very scary dream that happened just that night,
So she went downstairs to her tea and held on way too tight.
She drank it and drank it until her tummy gurgled,
Suddenly t’was a knock on the door and in came Mr. Furgle.
Verse 3
He said I might be at your service offering out his hand,
She shook it and realised it felt like crumbling sand.
She showed him her problem and said aloud just why,
She didn’t have the money for another one to buy.
Verse 4
“I might just have to take it home, if you want it well.”
So he did just what he said but cast a mighty spell.
He made it go ballistic eating everything in sight,
It didn’t stitch things up with its enormous appetite.
Verse 5
When it was brought back to its rightful home,
It didn’t move a bit just yet, it didn’t even roam.
The old lady squealed with glee, she couldn’t just remember,
When she’d been this happy, maybe late December?
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