Write It Down

Write it down! (scritch-scratch) Write it down! (hey!) Saw it, count it, write the day it happened down!

[KID] Pencil up — I clocked three beans in the pot, the date right next to every little dot. Brain goes fuzzy, brain forgets a lot — but the page? The page keeps every spot. (boom!)

Write it down! (scritch-scratch) Write it down! (hey!) Saw it, count it, write the day it happened down!

[KID] "How many wiggles in a wiggly worm?" [GROWNUP] Six? Eight? A zillion? Watch you squirm! [KID] I forgot — but my notebook never did: Page One says SEVEN, big and bold, kid! (yeah!)

Write it down! (scritch-scratch) Write it down! (hey!) Saw it, count it, write the day it happened down!

Monday: tiny sprout, a poke of green. (uh!) Friday: WHOA — the tallest thing I've seen! Line 'em up, Monday next to Friday too — the page told the truth, so now I know it's true.

Write it down! (scritch-scratch) Write it down! (hey!) Saw it, count it, write the day it happened down! Write it down! (scritch-scratch) Write it down! Monday small, Friday TALL — and the page remembers it all.