Oh No! Go Slow, Flo!

Florence Flooch (who was known as Flo)
Found it impossible to go slow
Her Mum and Dad would stress and worry
Because Flo was always in a hurry
She wouldn’t walk to school, she’d run
Overtaking everyone!
If another child got in her way
Her Mum and Dad would shout and say… “Oh no! Go slow, Flo!”

At school she’d zoom into her class
And learn the subject really fast
She made the teachers very dizzy
By being speedy, quick and whizzy
In just one minute she’d finished the lesson
And she could read a book in fifteen seconds!
All her work was done before morning play
Which is why the staff would sigh and say…”Oh no! Go slow, Flo!”

At mealtimes she could never wait
To finish the food upon her plate
Before anyone sat down to eat
Flo was up and on her feet!
She ate everything so fast you see
By lunchtime she’d already had her tea!
Nothing could make Flo stop and stay
Which is why her Gran would moan and say… “Oh no! Go slow, Flo!”

Florence Flooch (who was known as Flo,
The Girl Who Never Could Go Slow)
Saw an old woman crossing the street
As she went speeding by in a bright blur of feet
Then she stopped, and she turned, and she looked round to see
The old lady call “Flo! I’m YOU and you’re ME!”
“My goodness,” thought Flo as she grinned and ran past
“I didn’t realise I’d grown up so fast!”