by Cynthia Sherman

Created on: September 01, 2011

Okay, so I'm not a boy!

So what!

I can still play baseball.

I can play soccer or basketball.

I can use a skateboard and do tricks with it.

I can climb trees all the way to the top.

I can even run faster than my brother, and he's a boy.

So I'm not a boy.

So what!

When I'm older...

I can ride a motorcycle,

or drive a big rig.

I can even be a firefighter or a police officer.

I can be a pro-wrestler or even a boxer.

I can build a house.

I can even fix a car.

Maybe one day I will even build a car or fly an airplane.

So I'm not a boy. The best part about not being a boy is that...

As a girl, I can wear make-up and cool earings. I can put on a dress and play dress up.

I can play house and be the Mommy.

I can play with dolls and strollers.

But the part I like best about being a girl, is that I am Daddy's little girl.

Guess what.

Boys can not be a...

Mommy or an aunt or a wife or a sister. So there!

Girls have girl sleepover parties and talk about boys all night long.

Boys can not have babies, only girls can.

Boys like to play with bugs.

Boys like to play in the mud.

Boys like to play war and video games.

I could do those things if I wanted to.

But, why would I want to play with yucky bugs or play in the mud?

Okay, so I'm not a boy. I like being a girl.

I can do anything a boy can do,

and I don't have to wear a tie!

I can build and play in a treehouse better than a boy can.

I have even hit a home run in baseball and made a touchdown in touch football.

In relay races at school, I ran faster and better than all of the boys in my class.

So I'm not a boy.

So what! I love being a girl.

Being a girl is the best.  We do not have to ask boys out on dates first. But, if we want to we can.

We can even dress like a boy and still wear perfume. Or not!

Girls have many more choices than boys! We have the brains and knowledge to look out for ourselves and to succeed in life.

So I'm not  boy.

So what who cares. I love being a girl.

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