Go away cockroach!
Don’t approach me!
Why do you make my food dirty?
I’ll be sick because of you.
I will not harm you
You don’t harm me
Are you a monster?
I don’t think so!
You are a small insect
But you scare me a lot
I don’t know if other children are scared of you
But I am very scared of you
If you come near me I will whip you away
That’s why whenever I see you I say
Go away cockroach!
-Sitashma Khadgi
-Grade 5