8. Daddy Fell into the Pond – by Alfred Noyes
Entertaining both adults and children this comical poem describes what fathers are capable of doing in order to get smiles on their kids’ faces.
The writer also tries to show to children that even after embarrassing situations, life moves on and they shouldn’t run away and hide. So we are happy to give it a place in our 9 classic poems for children to memorize.
Everyone grumbled. The sky was grey.
We had nothing to do and nothing to say.
We were nearing the end of a dismal day,
And there seemed to be nothing beyond,
THEN
Daddy fell into the pond!
And everyone’s face grew merry and bright,
And Timothy danced for sheer delight.
‘Give me the camera, quick, oh quick!
He’s crawling out of the duckweed.’
Click!
Then the gardener suddenly slapped his knee,
And doubled up, shaking silently,
And the ducks all quacked as if they were daft
And is sounded as if the old drake laughed.
O, there wasn’t a thing that didn’t respond
WHEN
Daddy fell into the pond!
