My dad gave me one dollar bill
'Cause I'm his smartest son,
And I swapped it for two shiny quarters
'Cause two is more then one!
And then I took the quarters
And traded them to Lou
For three dimes-- I guess he didn't know
That three is more than two!
Just then, along came old blind Bates
And just 'cause he can't see
He gave me four nickels for my three dimes,
And four is more than three!
And I took the nickels to Hiram Coombs
Down at the seed-feed store,
And the fool gave me five pennies for them,
And five is more than four!
And I went and showed my dad,
And he got red in the cheeks
And closed his eyes and shook his head--
Too proud of me to speak!
Smart
Shel Silverstein
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Poem topics: red, son, head, feed, fool, speak, blind, guess, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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Mohammad Khan: The boy thinks he has more every time but he does not know the costs of how much he gets every time.
Carol timsina : he is not smart because he traded on less than dollar bill. 2 quarters is less than a dollar bill. 3 dimes are less than 2 quarters. 4 nickels are less than 3 dimes. 5 penny is less than 4 nickels.
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