because i'm the brightest of my family <br />dad gave me a twenty <br />and said 'spend it wisely son' <br />'and whatever you do don't tell your mum' <br /> <br />so i ran to Billy's house <br />and swapped my twenty for two tens <br />i thought this is gonna be fun <br />because 'two is more than one' <br /> <br />then i ran to Ryan's house <br />and traded my two tens for four fives <br />it is true <br />'four is more than two' <br /> <br />then i walked to William's home <br />and traded my four fives for ten two's <br />and just as i walked away from his door <br />'i thought ten is more than four' <br /> <br />finally i strolled to Sam's place of dwelling <br />he wanted to know what i was selling <br />i said 'nothing, but i'll trade my ten two's for twenty ones' <br />and he did, and i said to myself again <br />twenty is certainly better than ten <br /> <br />i go back home and dad looks at me and says <br />'son i forgot to give you this' <br />he handed me a leather wallet and said <br />'you can keep your money in this for a rainy day' <br />i showed him my coins and he looked at me in dismay <br />he shook his head and said to me <br />'now you have to carry all that change' <br />' i thought you were smart, now i know your just strange'<br /><br />Allen Steble<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/smart-4/
