Helping others makes me smile,
I feel like I could run a mile.
Helping my mother set the table
Is something that I'm able...

Helping my sister with her reading
And repeating.
Helping my sister clean the room,
And sweep the floor with a broom.

Helping my mother
Water the flowers,
To do the clothes,
I'd take a few hours.

Helping my mother
Tend the baby--
After I've done it,
I'd pick a daisy.

All the while,
I smile, smile, smile...
All the while,
I smile, smile, smile!

by Susanna Tracy

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