[illustration: The poem is on p. 169. On p. 168 is part of a bridge bending toward the poem on p. 169, with a person standing on the very end. At the bottom of both pages, under the curve of the bridge and under the poem, are roads leading to different kinds of places: a mosque; a skyscraper; something that looks like the Space Needle; something that looks like a medieval castle]

  [168 & 169]

  [illustration: a girl and a boy bowing to each other]

  INDEX Adventures of a Frisbee, 70Cloony the Clown, 74

  Almost Perfect, 163Come Skating, 71

  Always Sprinkle Pepper, 82Crowded Tub, 86

  Anchored, 51

  Anteater, 61 Day After Halloween, 37

  Arrows, 127Deaf Donald, 143

  Ations, 59Dinner Guest, 161

  Dog's Day, 146

  Backward Bill, 40Dragon of Grindly Grun, 33

  Batty, 139

  Bear in There, 47Eight Balloons, 58

  Blame, 34Examination, 132

  Bored, 110

  Buckin' Bronco, 62Fancy Dive, 30

  Fear, 136

  Captain Blackbeard Did What?Friendship, 132

  104Frozen Dream, 150

  Catching, 142

  Channels, 87God's Wheel, 152

  Clarence, 154Gooloo, 114

  Climbers, 92Gumeye Ball, 68

  Hammock, 10Magic Carpet, 106

  Have Fun, 145Man in the Iron Pail Mask, 113

  Headache, 115Meehoo With an Exactlywatt, 72

  Here Comes, 32Memorizin' Mo, 27

  Hiccup Cure, 122Messy Room, 35

  Hinges, 135Monsters I've Met, 23

  Hippo's Hope, 88Moon-Catchin' Net, 9

  Hitting, 142Mr. Smeds and Mr. Spats, 42

  Homework Machine, 56Musical Career, 60

  Hot Dog, 69My Guitar, 80

  How Many, How Much, 8

  How Not to Have to Dry theNailbiter, 99

  Dishes, 12Never, 36

  How to Make a Swing With NoNobody, 124

  Rope or Board or Nails, 67

  Hula Eel, 109Oak and the Rose, 165

  Hurk, 50One Two, 102

  Outside or Underneath?, 107

  If, 158Overdues, 65

  Importnt?, 54

  In Search of Cinderella, 162Painter, 123

  It's All the Same to the Clam, 108Peckin', 83

  It's Hot!, 84Picture Puzzle Piece, 21

  Pie Problem, 164

  Kidnapped!, 159Pirate, 49

  Play Ball, 131

  Ladies First, 148Poemsicle, 133

  Light in the Attic, 7Prayer of the Selfish Child, 15

  Little Abigail and the BeautifulPrehistoric, 79

  Pony, 120Push Button, 158

  Little Boy and the Old Man, 95Put Something In, 22

  Longmobile, 39

  Lost Cat, 151Quick Trip, 116

  Reflection, 29The Fly Is In, 100

  Rhino Pen, 156They've Put a Brassiere on the Rockabye, 94Camel, 166

  Rock 'n' Roll Band, 24This Bridge, 169

  Thumb Face, 55

  Senses, 134Ticklish Tom, 98

  Shadow Race, 153Tired, 78

  Shaking, 18Toad and the Kangaroo, 128

  Shapes, 77Tryin' On Clothes, 76

  Signals, 20Turtle, 85

  Sitter, 14Tusk, Tusk, 103

  Skin Stealer, 147Twistable, Turnable Man, 138

  Snake Problem, 44

  Snap!, 64Union for Children's Rights, 140

  Somebody Has to, 28Unscratchable Itch, 52

  Something Missing 26

  Sour Face Ann, 91Wavy, 38

  Spelling Bee, 81What Did?, 16

  Squishy Touch, 53Whatif, 90

  Standing Is Stupid, 111Who Ordered the Broiled Stop Thief!, 13Face?, 112

  Strange Wind, 101Wild Strawberries, 66

  Superstitious, 48

  Surprise!, 96Zebra Question, 125

  Suspense, 160

  Sword-Swallower, 126

  [illustration at bottom of page: a bald man with bushy eyebrows and a moustache that completely covers his body and trails behind him all across the page and halfway into the preceding page]

  159 [blank page]

  160

  [illustration: a half-mask, eyes and nose looking at the words below]

  For their help in the preparation of this book, my deepest thanks to Charlotte Zolotow, Joan Robins, Robert Warren, Jim Skofield, Glenise Butcher and John Vitale.

  And forever to Ursula Nordstrom. . . .

  [Shel Silverstein's signature]

  Book and jacket design by Kim Llewellyn.

  "Ladies First" is based on a story of mine with the same title, 1974, Free to Be Foundation, Inc.

  "Sour Face Ann" was taken from an old Russian folktale.

  "Backward Bill" was suggested by a bedtime story my brother-in-law, Chuck, told his children. "The Meehoo With an Exactlywatt" was inspired by Abbott and Costello, and "Deaf Donald" showed up after a conversation with Pare Larsson. The rest I just made up.

  S.S.

 


 

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