Shel Silverstein

Runny’s Heading Rabits

Runny’s Heading Rabits - meaning Summary

Playful Misreadings of Books

This short comic poem presents a childlike visit to a library where playful mispronunciations turn ordinary book categories into delightfully garbled words. The narrator scans many genres and builds anticipation about an unexpected choice. The humor rests in sound-based wordplay and a surprise twist: instead of a serious subject, the child picks a light, entertaining book. The tone is whimsical and mischievous, celebrating verbal play and imagination.

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Runny lent to the wibrary And there were bundreds of hooks— Bistory hooks, beography gooks, And lots of bory stooks. He looked them over one by one And guess which one he took— A bience scook? A boetry pook? Oh, no ---a bomic cook!

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