Two Tummies

I’ve got two tummies

My first tummy is my dinner tummy

And I fill it up with food

Like pizza, chicken, chips, corn on the cob and tuna fish sandwiches

But sometimes it gets full really quickly

Like when I eat

Cabbage, cauliflower, stew and sprouts

When this happens I push my plate to the side and announce

“I’m full up.”

And my parents say

“Oh, you cant even manage just one more bite?”

And I say, “no.”

“I’m full up”

“I’m so full, I think I’m going to burst.”

Then I say

“What’s for pudding?”

“I thought you were full?” they say

“Oh yes. My dinner tummy is full but my pudding tummy…is empty.”

And I tell them all about my pudding tummy

For my second tummy, my pudding tummy, is amazing. It’s a never-ending canyon, a gurgling abyss

You can fill it with

Chocolate, ice cream, cake and custard, sweets, candy floss, sherbet, biscuits

And it never, ever gets full

My parents watch in amazement as I fill my pudding tummy

And even lick the bowl

I think I must be the only person in the world who has two tummies

Do you think that’s true?

Kev Payne