To Be Enormously Gorgeous My dad says I am enormously gorgeous. I wonder if I really am. To be enormously gorgeous... Sarah says you need to have beautiful long, curly hair like she has. I don't. To be enormously gorgeous... Justin says you must have perfectly straight white teeth like he has. I don't. To be enormously gorgeous... Jessica says you can't have any of those little brown dots on your face called freckles. I do. To be enormously gorgeous... Mark says you have to be the smartest kid in the seventh-grade class. I'm not. To be enormously gorgeous... Stephen says you have to be able to tell the funniest jokes in the school. I don't. To be enormously gorgeous... Lauren says you need to live in the nicest neighborhood in town and in the prettiest house. I don't. To be enormously gorgeous... Matthew says you can only wear the coolest clothes and the most popular shoes. I don't. To be enormously gorgeous... Samantha says you need to come from a perfect family. I don't. But every night at bedtime my dad gives me a big hug and says, "You are enormously gorgeous, and I love you." My dad must know something my friends don't. by Carla O'Brien "Chicken Soup for the Kid's Soul" Editor: Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Patty Hansen and Irene Dunlap

 

Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast (Wayne Newton) The love between the two of us was dying And it got so bad I knew I had to leave But halfway down that highway when I turned around I saw My little daughter running after me Crying Daddy, don't you walk so fast Daddy, don't you walk so fast Daddy, slow down some 'cause you're makin' me run Daddy, don't you walk so fast Now, it broke my heart to tell my little daughter That her daddy had to run to catch a train She had no way of knowin' I was leavin' home for good I turned around and there she was again As she said to me Daddy, don't you walk so fast Daddy, don't you walk so fast Daddy, slow down some 'cause you're makin' me run Daddy, don't you walk so fast If only for the sake of my sweet daughter I just had to turn back home right there and then And try to start a new life with the mother of my child I couldn't bear to hear those words again She cried and said Daddy, don't you walk so fast (My daughter cried) Daddy, don't you walk so fast Daddy, slow down some 'cause you're makin' me run Daddy, don't you walk so fast Daddy, slow down some 'cause you're makin' me run Oh, daddy, don't you walk so fast

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