Do you really believe that an intelligent lad like Jack in the
nursery rhyme expected to find water at the top of a
hill?. Give him a bit of credit. Here's what really happened.
Jack
and Jill
Jack went up the hill with Jill, but I think
you'll find
Fetching pails of water was the last thing on his
mind.
He'd led a very sheltered life and read a lot of
books
But Jill somehow surprised him and it wasn't just
her looks.
She couldn't climb a tree like him, she couldn't
really run
But Jack found out that watching her was really
rather fun.
He suddenly lost interest in throwing stones at
trees
And now he felt embarrassed that he had such
dirty knees
He started dressing carefully and taking extra
care
To clean beneath his finger nails and even comb
his hair.
But Jill had been around a lot and shared with
him her knowledge
And Jack was heard to mutter that "We weren't
told that at college"
So when he went back home for tea he thought he
wouldn't say
What he had been up to and how he'd spent his
day.
He knew he had
been naughty doing things he didn't oughter
So he told a
stupid story ~
about a pail of water.
©Harry
Mitchell
