Feeling Tied Down! When | wae bern, | wes little and perfectly flat. Now I'm big, round and puffy: (er some might say fet.) When | was bern, I was free: Nota thing held me down. Now I'm bound to « sting whieh is bound to «clown. When | wae bern, | was eure that I'd fload through the: But thet droam has deflated, end if't just not fair! When | was ber, | was brave. Nothing hurt me at first. Now I'm so scared of pins, I'm afraid | might burst! WHAT AM I? Power Hungry Without me and my energy, your radio wouldn't play, ‘Your flashlight would be useless, it could never light the way. Many of your favorite toys would sit there like a rock. And you'd never know what time itis, without me in your clock. Your tape recorder wouldnt keep aword that you had said. Your parents car would never start (just ike when | play dead.) I don't usually like to gamble, but | would bet big money, that without me there would not have been ‘an energizer bunny. WHAT AM |? Catch Me If You Can When somebody hits me, acrowd always cheers. I don't understand it but it brings me to tears. It thrills people silly to threw me around and make me go bouncing ‘across the hard ground. What have I done fo deserve this cruel fate? Ive gone from just mad to completely irate! Im battered by bats justto make the crowd shout. Tam sick of this game- ifs not sate, | want out! WHO AMI? Isa Ditty Job | don't like fo make sweeping statements, but di is the ceum of the earth hate if! hate it! ve hated all dt since the moment of my fateful birth. Ly really hard fo get rid of tal, from the crumbs fo the sand fo the lifter. Whether inside of ouside, | brush it away; and it make: my heart go paHier-ptter. But most of the fime | just stand in the corner, ‘ery anxious fo fight the goed fight. lft had my way, all the dit in this world ‘would just ‘poof, dizeppear ovemight! Of courte, then I wouldn't have much to do. Id be bored a: a fellow can get. Unless some old, daredevil witeh came along and used me as her personal jl! WHAT AMI?It All Adds Up! People are always pushing my buttons which is actually quite a plus, because if | didn't have so much time to divide I'd probably make quite a fuss. Everything adds up perfectly when I'm brought on the scene, ‘especially if youre well aware what ail my buttons mean. Because not all buttons are equal, you know; The xis asign of the times, the check's the square root of all my problems and the dotis the cent sign for dimes. can sit on your desk, or fit in your pocket, you can use me at home or at school. But the best thing about me is I'm always right ‘even when in the hands of a fool. WHAT AMI? Fear of Frying The sory of my He iz cad, Buti tell you, if you like. wa born dirt poor in the richest coll in a town called Spudevlle Pike. ‘One day | got snatched away from my home and then thrown in the back of a truck. My eyes could se¢ life on the road was not oary, 501 smiled and wished myself luck knew that'd be a success in the wotld, no matter what trials lay ahead. was told that the world would butter me up But boy, what a line I'd been fed! knew life had faken « turn for the worst when | first saw thoze golden arches, Now my hope for the future is fied just beeaute lam one of your favorite starches! wnat ami? The Cold Hard Facts Sometimes Im very tquare and sometimes I'm very hard. But heat me up and soon I've melted like a tub of lard. Hook excellent in glasses, Hook lovely ina tay. When kids fell down in football I make sure their wounds don’t swell. ‘And when someone has a blood lip I comfort them as well. You can eat me when I'm solid You can drink me when I'm net. And although | suffer freerer burn, I'm not what you'd call het. WHAT AM I? Slot Machine I'm siffing on your countertop, I'm watching you walk by. And I'm wondering if we don't deserve « toast, just you and L I've lived here since the day you took your vows at a new a bride, And whenever something new pops up you're tight there by my side. You appreciate my telonts- not too dark and not foo light. I de everything lean to make zure things come out just right. My ego's not on overheat, Ident have a big head. But | must confess, I think | am the best thing tinee sliced broad WHATAMI?