After School

"A house should have a cookie jar for when it's half past three,

And children hurry home from school as hungry as can be.

There's nothing quite so splendid in filling children up,

as spicy fluffy ginger cakes and sweet milk in a cup.

A house should have someone waiting with a hug,

no matter what a boy brings home,

a puppy or a bug.

For children only loiter when the bell rings to dismiss,

if no one's home to greet them with a cookie and a kiss."
~Author Unknown~