Just because I'm Tiny by Jodie T

Just because I’m tiny

Doesn’t mean I can’t swim

Doesn’t mean I can’t cook food

Doesn’t mean I am whiny.

Just because I am six years old

Doesn’t mean my mum has to carry me

Doesn’t mean I chuck toys

Doesn’t mean I cry when I fall down.

Just because I’m a girl

Doesn’t mean I’m weak

Doesn’t mean I’m sexy.

Doesn’t mean I’m scared of slugs and worms.

Just because I’m a girl, tiny and six years old.

Why do adults sometimes think 6 year olds are scared?

Why do Guys think girls are dumb?

I may be tiny, but doesn’t mean I can’t do anything!

[Written by Jo in January 2012. Illustration in 2013]

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Jodie wrote this when she was 6+.  She's crazy about mermaids