Emma Hackett's Newsbook by Allan Ahlberg

Last night my mum
Got really mad
And threw a jam tart
At my dad.
Dad lost his temper
Then with mother,
Threw one at her
And hit my brother.
My brother thought
It was my sister,
Threw two at her
But somehow missed her.
My sister,
She is only three,
Hurled four at him
And one at me!

I said I wouldn't
Stand for that,
Aimed one at her
And hit the cat.
The cat jumped up
Like he'd been shot,
And landed
In the baby's cot.
The baby -
Quietly sucking this thumb -
Then started howling
For my mum.
At which my mum
Got really mad,
And threw a Swiss roll
At my dad.