Brother

I had a little brother

And I brought him to my mother

And I said I want another

Little brother for a change.

But she said don’t be a bother

So I took him to my father

And I said this little bother

Of a brother’s very strange.

But he said one little brother

Is exactly like another

And every little brother

Misbehaves a bit he said.

So I took the little bother

From my mother and my father

And I put the little bother

Of a brother back to bed.

Copyright Credit: Mary Ann Hoberman, “Brother” from The Llama Who Had No Pajama: 100 Favorite Poems. Copyright © 1959 and renewed 1987 by Mary Ann Hoberman. Reprinted with the permission of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Inc. This material may not be reproduced in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of the publisher.

Source: The Llama Who Had No Pajama: 100 Favorite Poems (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1959)