Lucky Stew

This poem is for Project OpenBook, a community-built children’s book. Details below.

Are ‘ya down on your luck,
Little buckaroo?
Well, let me teach you how
To make “Lucky Stew”:

A rabbit’s foot
And a four-leaf clover.
A chewed-up bone
From a dog named Rover.

An old shoelace
And a wooden nickel.
A broken wishbone…
Some rotten pickles.

A shooter marble
And a painted rock.
Three horseshoes
In a smelly sock.

Now just add water
And mix it ’round.
I’d say yer lucky
If you can keep it down.

Written by Phil Haussler.

Illustrated by Christy Schneider.

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