he learned many things with great ease.
He learned how to count, how to spell, how to read,
he learned to say "thank you" and "please."
With all the many things that tiny Tim knew,
he always got straight A's in school;
But now Tim was sad, for the other kids said
that getting straight A's wasn't cool.
English and history, science and math -
those questions, he answered them all.
The only thing in school he didn't do well
was the dreaded game of Dodgeball.
It was quite plain to see, when they went to P.E.
Tim wasn't the head of the class.
Nobody wanted him on their team,
and so he was always picked last.
Tim wished he were good at games such as these,
but clearly that wasn't the case.
Every day in the gym, they threw the ball at him,
and laughed when it bounced off his face.
So it came to pass that one day in class,
there rang that unwelcome bell.
Tim gathered his things and went to the nurse,
to say he didn't feel well.
The nurse said to Tim, "Oh, not you again!
You're not sick, get out of my room."
Tim gave a great sigh, and to himself cried,
"She's sending me back to my doom."
When Tim got back, the teams had been picked
and the game already begun.
Tim picked a side, and stood back to hide,
and just knew this wouldn't be fun.
Left! and Right! and Up! and Down!
Back and forth he fled.
Dipping and diving and ducking and dodging,
avoiding the blurs of red.
After a while Tim looked up,
and suddenly came to see
that three were left on the other team
and on his team, was only he.
Tim couldn't believe what had happened,
he finally got his big chance.
Then three dodgeballs came flying at him,
and awoke him out of his trance.
What happened next was incredible;
they had said it couldn't be done.
One ball in each arm, and one in between -
all caught, and Tim had won!
The yells rang out throughout the whole school,
Tim's moment had finally come.
His teammates cheered and high-fived him
until his whole hand was numb.
They still tell the tale of Tim's victory
to this very day at that school.
They tell all the kids of what tiny Tim did,
and how being smart can be cool.
