A new children's poetry book has just been published here in the UK. Patten, Brian Juggling with gerbils Puffin 2000 ISBN 0141304782. I thought you might like to read the poem which has given rise to the title. It is a tongue twister. Try saying it fast or (for the adults amongst us) after a couple of glasses of wine. Don't juggle with a gerbil No matter what the thrill For gerbils when they're juggled Can end up rather ill It makes them all bad-tempered And then they'd like to kill Those gerbil juggling jugglers Juggling gerbils till they're ill. BTW For those of you who are now worried, there is a health warning at the bottom of the page which warns kids not to try this. Sue
