The Girl Who Lost Her Nose.

Written by Clinton Gardner

Graciela loved to read,
She would read the whole day long.
In fact, it seemed that 'in a book'...
Might be where she belonged.

Graciela, would read at home in bed,
She would read while in the car,
She would read if she was close to home,
She would read if she was far.

Graciela had a brother...Ned,
He was not the type to read.
But trouble was his middle name,
A name he'd earned 'in deed'!

Ned would often sneak around
To find someone to scare.
No one was ever really sure...
When he'd appear - or where!

One day in May, in a cozy chair,
Graciela was reading her book.
But the one thing she'd forgot to do...
Was around the room to 'look'!

And there he sat – behind the couch,
As quiet as a mouse...
Ned was ready to spring his trap,
Right there inside their house.

Graciela...was deep in thought.
She didn't have a clue...
That Ned was just about to jump,
And scream a great BIG BOO!

And so it happened while she read,
She was on page thirty-two.
When Ned jumped out and screamed not one...
But two big great BOO-BOO's!!

You'll never guess what happened next,
Well – besides the frightened scream.
It's something that you'd never guess...
It's a thing you'd never dream!

When Graciela jumped a foot,
She slammed the book in fright.
But in the book her nose had stayed...
It had disappeared from sight.

Well Ned was laughing gleefully,
So proud of what he'd done.
But he hadn't really thought ahead...
Hadn't planned that he should RUN!

Well, Graciela was about to blow...
And let her brother have it.
Then she noticed that her nose was gone...
She simply – did not have it!

Poor Ned had stopped his laughing too,
As he starred in disbelief...
At his sister who had lost her nose,
To some twisted kind of thief.

Ned just stood with his mouth wide open,
Starring at her face.
Wondering how she lost her nose...
Or was it just misplaced?!

Graciela stood there -- stunned.
Gazing at the mirror...
There must be something she could do,
Her eyes now filled with tears.

“Where's my nose?”she cried to Ned,
“Where could it possibly be?”
She looked around the living room...
But it 'twas nowhere to be seen.

Her parents looked – Her brother looked,
The Doctor, he looked too.
But no one there could find her nose...
It was gone without a clue.

When Graciela went to bed,
She opened up her book,
And found out there was still one place,
They'd all forgot to look!

But there it was – a little flat,
Her nose between the pages.
And so we found that it was true,
What we had said for ages...

That Graciela loves to read,
No matter when you look,
You'll probably find she has her nose...
Buried in a book!

And so I guess it must be true,
For now we have the proof...
Her nose is stuck in yonder book,
And that is not a spoof!