The Cave Boy
poem by Laura E. Richards • illustration by Mike Baldwin
I dreamed I was a cave boy
And lived in a cave,
A mammoth for my saddle horse
A monkey for my slave.
And through the tree-fern forests
A-riding I would go,
When I was once a cave-boy
A million years ago.
I dreamed I was a cave boy
I hunted with a spear
The saber-toothed tiger,
The prehistoric deer
A wolf-skin for my dress suit,
I thought me quite a beau,
When I was once a cave boy
A million years ago.
I dreamed I was a cave boy
My dinner was a bone
And now I had to fight for it,
To get it for my own!
We banged each other o'er the head,
And oft our blood did flow,
When I was once a cave boy
A million years ago.
I dreamed I was a cave boy
The torches' smoky light
shone on the dinner table
A pile of bones so white
I lapped some water from the spring,
The easiest way, you know,
When I was once a cave boy
A million years ago.
I dreamed–but now I am awake;
A voice is in my ear.
"Come out and have a game of ball!"
The sun is shining clear,
We'll have some doughnuts afterwards,
And then a-swimming go!"
I'm glad I'm Not a cave-boy,
A million years ago!
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