When I talk Mum says I'm a chatterbox. When I'm quiet I'm in a mood. When I nod I'm being ignorant.

When I answer back I'm being rude. When I sit still I'm being boring. When I run about I'm a pain in the neck.

When I rush my dinner I'm being greedy. When I don't My mother frets".

I very often wonder

If grown-ups understand

If it's children that they really want Or robots to command,
Because everything I seem to do I never get it right;

The only option left to me Is to keep well out of sight'.

I'm sure you've heard the phrase, 'We should be seen and not be heard.'

I think it would be worthy to add a teeny tiny word 'Children' should be children not be seen and not be he