Seeing Things at Night

Seeing Things at Night

A poem retold by grandpa! A colorful story of a tough little boy with a healthy fear of the dark. Grandpa always liked contradictions in stories and loved helping us laugh at our fears of the dark, which always made sleeping over a treat in the chilly cabin in the mountains. "I aint a scared of snakes or toads or bugs or worms or mice or things that girls are scared of, I think their awful nice." "I woke up and saw great big things a standin' in a row, a lookin' at me cross-eyed and a pointin' at me so!" Seeing Things at Night was a Poem written by Eugene Fields 1850-1895. Grandpa renditions simply updated the amazing original and he would bring it to life when he tucked us in to bed at night. The poem is a great read, and fun to memorize like "Casey at the Bat" and so many others. If you enjoy telling campfire stories to kids and tucking them in at night "Seeing Things at Night" is just right.