Waiting At The Window
A. A. Milne
1882 to 1956
Track 1
Reconstruct the poem by dragging each line into its correct position. Your goal is to reassemble the original poem as accurately as possible. As you move the lines, you'll see whether your arrangement is correct, helping you explore the poem's flow and meaning. You can also print out the jumbled poem to cut up and reassemble in the classroom. Either way, take your time, enjoy the process, and discover how the poet's words come together to create something truly beautiful.
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John is getting very near.
Look! I told you! Here's the sun!
James is going slow again.
(James was talking to a fly.)
These are my two drops of rain
Which the winning one will be.
John is rushing down the pane.
Comes from which of them is first.
(James has found a piece of fluff.)
All the best and all the worst
John has quickly hurried by.
John is moving off at last.
James has just begun to ooze.
Waiting on the window-pane.
Both of them have different names.
James is going slowly on.
Something sort of sticks to John.
He's the one I want to lose.
James has met a sort of smear.
One is John and one is James.
John is there, and John has won!
Is he going fast enough?
He's the one I want to win.
John is waiting to begin.
I am waiting here to see
James is going pretty fast.