Children’s Day Special: Just Round the Bend by Richa Jha

A little girl resents and says, why should I;
A little boy repents and says, we shouldn’t have.

A little boy looks to the other and says, I need help;
A little girl wraps her fingers around his and says, I’m here.

A little boy soars and says, up, up, up I go;
A little girl runs and says, catch me if you can.

Just round the bend, from where you and I live,
Someone looks at you, and says,
That’s the little girl who knows her mind
And that’s the little boy who is one of a kind.

And all these little girls and boys, and you and you
Together, you can. Together, you will.
Because just round the bend is right here where you are,
And here is where all magic begins.

(Richa Jha writes and creates picture books. She is also the founder and publisher of Pickle Yolk Books)