Holidays

When the school gets over on ninth of May

The children get tanned by the sun's direct ray

They gobble an ice cream on their way

And yell and shout out "It's holiday"

The annual reports will be given afterwards

The children are happy like small, free birds

They wake-up, sleep, eat and play

And do the holiday homework with clay. 

Children do creative work and are happy

Some learn swimming, some adopt puppy

Gradually the holidays come to an end

The schools of the city are all reopened. 

When the teacher asked for the homework

Everyone,except one, showed their work. 

But that boy at the left, back corner seat, 

With a mole in his chin and dress very neat,

Could not submit a masterpiece art, 

And submitted a bin to get rid of dirt. 

Students laughed and the teacher annoyed

"Thirty days off but your work is silly&void."

The boy's reply was funny indeed, 

The strict teacher did not pay any heed. 

How can a small boy putting on gloves

Clear the streets of the city he loves. 

With his sister, he fills up bins

Polythene, wrappers and napkins. 

Collects reusable items, tattered and old, 

From his friends and the city's household

And give it to his mother to recycle it, 

And this will lead to the city looking neat. 

The teacher did not believe the boy

Thought it as a prank to make him annoy. 

Kicking him out, as the teacher starts to snore, 

The boy thinks over to clean the city more. 

                                                         Nandini Datta