my favourite book

Congratulations!

Today is your day.

You’re off to Great Places!

You’re off and away!

You have brains in your head.

You have feet in your shoes.

You can steer yourself any direction you choose.

You’re on your own. And you know what you know.

And YOU are the guy who’ll decide where to go.

You won’t lag behind, because you’ll have the speed.

You’ll pass the whole gang and you’ll soon take the lead.

 Wherever you fly, you’ll be best of the best.

Wherever you go, you will top all the rest.

Except when you don’t.

Because, sometimes, you won’t.

I’m sorry to say so but, sadly, it’s true that Bang-ups and Hang-ups can happen to you.

And when you’re in a Slump, you’re not in for much fun.

Un-slumping yourself is not easily done.

You will come to a place where the streets are not marked.

Some windows are lighted. But mostly they’re darked.

A place you could sprain both your elbow and chin!

Do you dare to stay out? Do you dare to go in?

How much can you lose? How much can you win?

And if you go in, should you turn left or

 right…or right-and-three-quarters?

Or, maybe, not quite? Or go around back and sneak in from behind?

Simple it’s not, I’m afraid you will find,

for a mind-maker-upper to make up his mind.

You can get so confused that you’ll start in to race down long wiggled roads at a break-necking pace

 and grind on for miles across weirdish wild space, headed, I fear, toward a most useless place.

The Waiting Place…for people just waiting.

Waiting for a train to go or a bus to come,

 or a plane to go or the mail to come,

or the rain to go or the phone to ring,

or the snow to snow or

 waiting around for a Yes or No or waiting for their hair to grow.

Everyone is just waiting.

No! That’s not for you!

Somehow you’ll escape all that waiting and staying.

You’ll find the bright places where Boom Bands are playing.

With banner flip-flapping, once more you’ll ride high! Ready for anything under the sky.

Ready because you’re that kind of a guy!

 

You’ll get mixed up, of course, as you already know.

You’ll get mixed up with many strange birds as you go.

So be sure when you step.

 Step with care and great tact and remember that Life’s a Great Balancing Act.

 Just never forget to be dexterous and deft.

And never mix up your right foot with your left.

 And will you succeed?

Yes! You will, indeed!

(98 and ¾ percent guaranteed.)

Kid, you’ll move mountains!

So…be your name Buxbaum or Bixby or Bray or

Mordecai Ale Van Allen O’Shea, you’re off to Great Places!

Today is your day!

Your mountain is waiting.

So…get on your way!

This isn't the whole book ! I tried to cut out some of the stuff

that were important but a lot of it is not on here.  So the story might not be as fluid.

Anyways..I first found out about this book at a program called Shad Valley in grade 11.

One of the professor read this book to us and the level of depth in a children's book

was quite surprising to me. (kids probably just read it for the pictures..)

  I absolutely love this book and I personally have one of my own and I think

it's a great present for someone who is graduating.

it makes me smile to read it sometimes :)