The Lead Chandelier

There’s a child in front of me in line and she’s tugging at her father’s pant leg, looking up with that helpless, hapless stare that can mean only one thing, “If you don’t buy this for me, I’ll die.” (Just ask the parents of Shel Silverstein’s Little Abigail.)

As she sinks to the floor, I’m reminded of the “no” my parents granted me, time and time again – “Of course not honey, we can make it.” And we did.

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Otherwise, memorize this poem.

Little Abigail and the Beautiful Pony

There was a girl named Abigail
Who was taking a drive
Through the country
With her parents
When she spied a beautiful sad-eyed
Grey and white pony.
And next to it was a sign
That said,
FOR SALE–CHEAP
“Oh,” said Abigail,
“May I have that pony?
May I please?”
And her parents said,
“No you may not.”
And Abigail said,
“But I MUST have that pony.”
And her parents said,
“Well, you can’t have that pony,
But you can have a nice butter pecan
Ice cream cone when we get home.”
And Abigail said,
“I don’t want a butter pecan
Ice cream cone,
I WANT THAT PONY–
I MUST HAVE THAT PONY.”
And her parents said,
“Be quiet and stopp nagging–
You’re not going to get that pony.”
And Abigail began to cry and said,
“If I don’t get that pony, I’ll die.”
And her parents said, “You won’t die.
No child has ever died yet from not getting a pony.”
And Abigail felt so bad
That when they got home she went to bed,
And she couldn’t eat,
And she couldn’t sleep,
And her heart was broken,
And she DID die–
All because of a pony
That her parents wouldn’t buy.

(This is a good story
To read to your folks
When they won’t buy
You something you want.)

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