I wish
       I wish I was
An only child
No brothers and sisters
To drive me wild
        I wish I had
An older brother
And a sister
And another
 
       I hate it when
We have a fight
I'm always wrong
They're always right
        I hate it when
There's no one there
To play with me
To laugh, to share

I wish
1     Why does the child in the first verse want to be an only child?
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2     In the first verse, find and copy one word that means very cross.
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3     What does this poem say about having brothers and sisters?
Tick one.
 
It is sometimes good and sometimes bad.		It is always fun.		
It is never good.		It is often dangerous.		
4     At the end of the poem, why can’t the child ‘laugh’ and ‘share’?
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5     What do you notice about how the last two verses of the poem begin?
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6     Look at the words at the end of each line of the poem. Write
down the words that rhyme. The first one is done for you.
child      _________wild________________________________________
brother  _____________________________________________________
fight      ______________________________________________________
there     _____________________________________________________