Be the Best of Whatever You Are
Douglas Malloch
1877 to 1938
Drag the words to the correct places to complete the poem. To reset the game, click on the "Reset Game" button located below the poem. This will clear all the words you've placed in the blanks, returning them to the word bank and resetting the poem to its original state with empty blanks.
If you can't be a pine on the top ______ the hill
Be a scrub in the valley—but be
______ best little scrub by the side of the rill;
______ a bush if you can't be a tree.
If ______ can't be a bush be a bit of the grass,
And some highway some happier make;
If you can't ______ a muskie then just be a bass—
But the ______ bass in the lake!
We can't all be captains, we've got to be crew,
There's something for all of ______ here.
There's big work to do and there's lesser ______ do,
And the task we must do is ______ near.
If you can't be a highway then just ______ a trail,
If you can't be the sun be ______ star;
It isn't by size that you win or ______ fail—
Be the best of whatever you are!