| Jack McGill’s has thrills ’n’ spills for every boy and girl So if you want to play come and spend the day at the best toyshop in the world There’s… hoops with sticks, and lost magic tricks and spooky crystal balls Doves and cats and rabbits in hats and masks that hang from the walls |  |
Drums and dice and little white mice
a flamingo with knock knees
Flowers that squirt when pinned to your shirt
plus a troupe of performing fleas
And… Mermaid’s legs, the last dodo’s eggs
and lots more mythical marvels
Minotaur pies and slain dragons’ eyes
(that my mum says are marbles)
Werewolf fur, a piece of harpy hair
the claw from a Jabberwock
Wood from the Ark, a prehistoric shark
and the key to Nessie’s loch
A Martian’s sting, a vampire’s ring
(save up so you can buy one)
Bigfoot’s socks, an old music box
that plays the song of a Siren
A bunyip’s tail and a micro whale
that a yeti kept as a pet
A unicorn horn and a hat once worn
by Medusa for a bet…
Jack McGill’s has thrills ’n’ spills
for every boy and girl
So put your phone away
and come and spend the day
at the best toyshop in the world!
Poem © 2017 Jo Dearden
Image © 2017 Nick Butterworth
a flamingo with knock knees
Flowers that squirt when pinned to your shirt
plus a troupe of performing fleas
And… Mermaid’s legs, the last dodo’s eggs
and lots more mythical marvels
Minotaur pies and slain dragons’ eyes
(that my mum says are marbles)
Werewolf fur, a piece of harpy hair
the claw from a Jabberwock
Wood from the Ark, a prehistoric shark
and the key to Nessie’s loch
A Martian’s sting, a vampire’s ring
(save up so you can buy one)
Bigfoot’s socks, an old music box
that plays the song of a Siren
A bunyip’s tail and a micro whale
that a yeti kept as a pet
A unicorn horn and a hat once worn
by Medusa for a bet…
Jack McGill’s has thrills ’n’ spills
for every boy and girl
So put your phone away
and come and spend the day
at the best toyshop in the world!
Poem © 2017 Jo Dearden
Image © 2017 Nick Butterworth
Illustration © 2017 Nick Butterworth
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