A Book Inside Me

I opened a book and in I strode.
Now nobody can find me.
I've left my chair, my house, my road,
My town and my world behind me.
I'm wearing the cloak, I've slipped on the ring,
I've swallowed the magic potion.
I've fought with a dragon, dined with a king
And dived in a bottomless ocean.
I opened a book and made some friends.
I shared their tears and laughter
And followed their road with its bumps and bends
To the happily ever after.
I finished my book and out I came.
The cloak can no longer hide me.
My chair and my house are just the same,
But I have a book inside me.

by Julia Donaldson
in her book Crazy Mayonnaisy Mum: Poems

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Thanks to my grade school friend Joan
for introducing me to this fanciful poem!
We were in the same reading group together back in first
grade at Eugene Field Elementary, Neosho, Missouri.

And to my friend Paula for the Grammarly Card!

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A couple of titles I enjoyed this month:
American Wife
The Friendly Persuasion