“The Fly” By: Lindsey Wasiak and Alice Cetinkaga
“The Fly”
The one who couldn’t fly
The one who couldn’t speak
The one who couldn’t laugh
The one Fly who was picked by ME!
We found him on a leg
We found him on the floor
We found him in his home
When we found that he went right out the door
His little hairy legs
His little hairy arms
His random spaz attacks
And his other stupid acts
Alice, Lindsey, Cali, Abby, Addie
Loved him very much
Until he left us in a rush
We helped him
We fed him
We gave him a place to stay
I guess he was happy until he went away
Have a nice life Cornelious Lester Simon Abraham
Lots of love,
Alice
Lindsey
Cali
Abby
Addie 🙂
Rachel
Sarah
Charlotte
Katie
Ashley
This poem was written about a fly named Cornelius who flew into the “Globe Trotter” yurt (second oldest girls) and decided to stay for a while. I have never seen anything so bazaar! Lindsey or Alice found the fly on their leg at the beginning of the day and it didn’t fly away until the end of the day. Most girls in the yurt were holding it on their finger and talking to it. The next thing I knew the fly had a name. Then it had a home on a rock in a basket covered with folded cardboard. I had to admit to them I admired their creativity and compassion for Cornelius: The Fly Who Couldn’t Fly. Sadly, when we arrived back to the yurt to find him gone, the girls decided to have a memorial. Today at the beginning of rest hour I allowed them to perform the ceremony. The picture attached to the post is of the memorial site. The girls wrote kind words on rocks which covered the mound where Cornelius’ box lay. — Don’t worry, the girls are not sad. They found another fly who couldn’t fly (I find that very weird but…).
-Ashley
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