1. “Ode to a Marshmallow” by John Riggio © 2004 Plank Road Publishing, Inc. • All Rights Reserved • Used by permission • PowerPoint by Judith Mikes and Heather Kleman. `

2. Ode To A Marshmallow

3. At the end of my stick, there’s a marshmallow, a marshmallow, a marshmallow. At the end of my stick, there’s a marshmallow. I’ll toast it golden brown.

4. Now I’m holding my stick just above the fire, above the fire, above the fire. Now I’m holding my stick just above the fire. I hope it’s not too close.

5. I’m afraid that I held it a bit too close, a bit too close, a bit too close. I’m afraid that I held it a bit too close, ‘cause now it’s caught on fire!

6. I’m afraid that I held it a bit too close, a bit too close, a bit too close. I’m afraid that I held it a bit too close, ‘cause now it’s caught on fire!

7. I’m afraid that I held it a bit too close, a bit too close, a bit too close. I’m afraid that I held it a bit too close, ‘cause now it’s caught on fire!

8. I’m afraid that I held it a bit too close, a bit too close, a bit too close. I’m afraid that I held it a bit too close, ‘cause now it’s caught on fire!

9. I’m afraid that I held it a bit too close, a bit too close, a bit too close. I’m afraid that I held it a bit too close, ‘cause now it’s caught on fire!

10. Somebody call the fire department!
Whoa!
Somebody call the fire department!

11. Oh, my marshmallow turned into a big black blob, a big black blob, a big black blob. Oh, my marshmallow turned into a big black blob. It’s drooping from my stick.

12. Oh, my marshmallow turned into a big black blob, a big black blob, a big black blob. Oh, my marshmallow turned into a big black blob. It’s drooping from my stick.

13. Oh, my marshmallow turned into a big black blob, a big black blob, a big black blob. Oh, my marshmallow turned into a big black blob. It’s drooping from my stick.

14. Oh, my marshmallow turned into a big black blob, a big black blob, a big black blob. Oh, my marshmallow turned into a big black blob. It’s drooping from my stick.

15. Oh, my marshmallow turned into a big black blob, a big black blob, a big black blob. Oh, my marshmallow turned into a big black blob. It’s drooping from my stick.

16. Well, the blob took a plunge into our nice campfire, our nice campfire, our nice campfire. Well, the blob took a plunge into our nice campfire and roasted to a crisp.

17. So I need to get another marshmallow, a marshmallow, a marshmallow
So I need to get another marshmallow, a marshmallow, a marshmallow. So I need to get another marshmallow, and try to get it right!

18. I hope I don’t burn this one.

19. At the end of my stick, there’s a marshmallow, a marshmallow, a marshmallow. At the end of my stick, there’s a marshmallow. I’ll toast it golden brown.

21. (Yum!)

22. The End