By Carolyn Argyle
Illustrated by Neal Stepp
Jonathan James is three and a half
He puts on his own shoes.
He puts them on wrong, don't laugh-
He's just beyond his two's.
He puts the right shoe on his left foot
And the left shoe on his right
His toes point out instead of in
It is a funny sight.
It must be uncomfortable walking
Around both day and night-
With the right shoe on the left foot
And the left shoe on the right.
"You've got your shoes on wrong," they'd say
But he'd laugh and say, "Not quite."
Then he'd take off his shoes
And there you'd see-
"Twas not his shoes but his feet that weren't on right!
Carolyn Argyle is the mother of five children and teaches preschool at her home. She has published one nonfiction book and several magazine articles.
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