by Gerardine Baugh

Created on: February 07, 2009

Dwarves

The dwarf moved inside the hollow tree

A squirrel and owl were his neighbors

He rattled inside the trunk

Carrying in his bed, and books

His lamp and stuffed bears

Were last

He knew he was finished

When he hammered in a nail

Above his coal stove

The family portrait

Faced the room, twenty some smiling faces

He had been sent out

To find a home

For all of them to live in

The tiny dwarf had one flaw

He could never see

What will happen next

So, the next day

When they all piled into the old tree

He saw his error

His place in the family

His place in this old tree

Ended up having him standing outside

Eventually, he crawled up into the branches

And shared the owl and squirrel's home

During the day he crawled out for food

Played in the branches

He never learned to

Think

Ahead

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