I Had a Father Who Read to Me

Published on Dec 05, 2009 by in Baby Dharma

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I Had a Father Who Read to Me

I had a father who read to me

Sagas of pirates who roamed the sea

Of Tom Sawyer and Kim and Peter Pan

Carried me off to fabled lands.

I had a father who read to me

Under a green and willowy tree

Of ancient, gallant and golden days,

Stories of Robin Hood’s merry ways.

I had a father who in my room

Read me of Pooh and the cow over the moon,

Tales of Mulberry Street and Ivanhoe,

Stories every child would like to know.

You may have mountains of wealth untold,

Baskets of jewels and coffers of gold,

But richer than me you never can be—

I had a father who read to me.

– unknown

photo by Ananda; Abbaji and a very young Dewachen…setting the pace for a lifetime of reading.

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