On Saturday I was invited to Teddy Minkoff’s birthday party I didn’t want to go You have to go Mom said Teddy is your best friend I went At the party we played games We ate cake and ice cream We opened presents And then came Happy the Clown honking his bicycle horn flapping his big shoes throwing confetti He squirted Teddy with water from a plastic flower Happy began to make balloon animals Everyone lined up He made Teddy a dog He made Esther Simkin a horse All the kids got one until only I was left And what kind of animal do you want young man Happy asked me That’s okay Dad I said I’ll pass
I'll pass
On Sunday I was invited to Ellen Basnik’s birthday party I didn’t want to go Of course you have to go Mom said Ellen’s in your Hebrew-school class So I went At the party we did face painting We watched funny black-and-white cartoons We ate cake and ice cream We opened presents And then came Happy the Clown riding a little bicycle across the backyard He threw chocolate coins at us
Happy made balloon animals When I was the only one left he said And what kind of animal do you want pardner Can you make a rat Happy looked at me Don’t ruin the act son he said You’re getting a rabbit I accidentally left the rabbit on Ellen Basnik’s piano Can you make a rat
