I like to smell the pencil wood when I get a point that's good

We have a pencil sharpener
that isn't very nice.
I should say it is hard to use.
I broke my pencil, twice.


You've got to push it not too hard,
but hard enough to go.
And turn the handle pretty fast.
Sometimes it's hard to know.

I like to smell the pencil wood
when I get a point that's good.
A point helps make my numbers neat
(and lets me get out of my seat).


Copyright © 2000, David Austin

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