Under cover

We're under the weather

So we're under the covers

Sneezing and coughing

Spewing and sputters

We're snuggled up on the couch

Reading books, drinking tea

We read Shakespeare's Tempest

A man-made storm on the sea

We learned about germs

And our body's system of defense

Then we read Rudyard Kipling

And had a big rest

We listened to the Arabian tales

of fair Shahrazad

And said that snuggling while sick

wasn't all that bad

Robert Munsch entertained us

as we ate bowls of grapes

We looked up the word 'curtiosity'*

and fables of apes

Later, we did word puzzles

and coughed in our sleeves

watched avalanches on you tube

and talked of disease

Finished the Gospel of Mark

and ate crackers of graham

Then tried to stop squabbling

that broke out into mayhem

Now the day is all done

And was like any other

Because we cozied up on the couch

Under the covers