A Christmas Poem: Sick by Shel Silverstein
Harry Potter and the Sacred Text
Vanessa Zoltan, Casper ter Kuile & Ariana Nedelman
4.7 • 6.8K Ratings
🗓️ 25 December 2019
⏱️ 2 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everyone, it's a little Christmas day poem for you from Casper and the whole Harry |
| 0:13.6 | Potter and the Sacred Textine. |
| 0:15.8 | This year we've gone for an old favourite, by Shell Silverstein and it's called Sick. |
| 0:22.3 | I cannot go to school today, said little Piggy and McKay. |
| 0:26.0 | I have the measles and the mumps, a gash, a rash and purple bumps. |
| 0:30.6 | My mouth is wet, my throat is dry. |
| 0:33.5 | I'm going blind in my right eye. |
| 0:35.8 | My tonsils are as big as rocks. |
| 0:37.8 | I've counted 16 chickenpox. |
| 0:41.0 | And there's one more. |
| 0:42.2 | That's 17. |
| 0:43.8 | And don't you think my face looks green? |
| 0:45.9 | My leg is cut, my eyes are blue. |
| 0:48.4 | It might be an asthmatic flu. |
| 0:50.9 | My coffin, sneeze and gasp and choke. |
| 0:53.7 | I'm sure that my left leg is broke, my hips hurt. |
| 0:56.9 | When I move my chin, my belly buttons gaving in. |
| 1:00.5 | My back is wrenched and my ankle's sprained. |
| 1:03.8 | My appendix pains each time it rains. |
| 1:06.6 | My nose is cold and my toes are numb. |
| 1:09.5 | I have a sliver in my thumb. |
| 1:11.8 | My neck is stiff, my voice is weak. |
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