JACK AND JILL FLY A KITE

JACK AND JILL FLY A KITE


Jack and Jill went up the hill
To fly a fancy kite;
Jill looked on as Jack was gone,
With kite, out of her sight.

Jack flew up into the sky,
Holding on to his kite;
Jill went down, back to the town,
Crying badly in fright.



* Written in abcb 7-6-7-6 format

* Grafted on the popular child rhyme where Jack falls down (and breaks his crown). Here he goes up.

* Related poem: "JACK AND JILL AND HALLOWEEN" 

* My other poems for children are at:

"CHILDREN'S CORNER" 
"SCIENCE, MEDICAL, LAW, HUMOR, CHILDREN" 


M C Gupta
5 June 2004