Goodnight Moon
by Margaret Wise Brown
In the great green room
there was a telephone
and a red balloon
and a picture of...
The cow jumping over the moon
And there were three little bears sitting on chairs
And two little kittens And a pair of mittens
And a little toy house And a young mouse
And a comb and a brush and a bowl full of mush
And a quiet old lady who was whispering "hush"
Goodnight room Goodnight room
Goodnight cow jumping over the moon
Goodnight light and the red balloon
Goodnight bears Goodnight chairs
Goodnight kittens and Goodnight mittens
Goodnight clocks and goodnight socks
Goodnight little house and Goodnight mouse
Goodnight comb and Goodnight brush
Goodnight nobody Goodnight mush
And Goodnight to the old lady whispering "hush"
Goodnight stars Goodnight air
Goodnight noises everywhere
there was a telephone
and a red balloon
and a picture of...
The cow jumping over the moon
And there were three little bears sitting on chairs
And two little kittens And a pair of mittens
And a little toy house And a young mouse
And a comb and a brush and a bowl full of mush
And a quiet old lady who was whispering "hush"
Goodnight room Goodnight room
Goodnight cow jumping over the moon
Goodnight light and the red balloon
Goodnight bears Goodnight chairs
Goodnight kittens and Goodnight mittens
Goodnight clocks and goodnight socks
Goodnight little house and Goodnight mouse
Goodnight comb and Goodnight brush
Goodnight nobody Goodnight mush
And Goodnight to the old lady whispering "hush"
Goodnight stars Goodnight air
Goodnight noises everywhere
IS THIS SAD?
DO YOU READ IT AS A WAY OF ENDING A DAY
OR A WAY OF ENDING CHILDHOOD?
ARE YOU EVER SURPRISED TO FIND OUT LATER THAT THINGS WERE NOT QUITE THE WAY YOU REMEMBERED THEM?
6 comments:
This was a bedtime ritual for all of my children. Their favorite part was the blank page that says "Goodnight, Nobody." I don't think of the book as sad--but there is a certain bittersweet melancholy knowing that that part of their childhoods are long gone.
Deb
I don't find it sad either.
Jeff M.
Sadder than Pat the Bunny though. Saying goodbye/goodnight is always sad to me.
Didn't she also write The Velveteen Rabbit? Now that is a sad book--I've never been able to finish reading it aloud to my kids without choking up.
Deb
Margery Williiams.
I read this as a okay-time-to-pull-up-the-cover-yes-you-may-have-a-cup-of-water-but-you-must-stay-in-bed kind of story.
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