I Like You

There is a little children's book that a good friend gave me called I Like You. Over the last two years it has become one of my favorites to read on a gloomy day or just when I need to smile. Since Valentines Day is in four days I thought it would be appropriate to share this cute story.

I like you

And I know why 

I like you because 

You are a good person 

To like. 

I like you because

When I tell you something special 

You know it's special 

And you remember it 

A long long time. 

You say,

Remember when you told me 

Something special?

And both of us remember.

When I think something is important

You think it's important too,

We have good ideas.

When I say something funny

You laugh. 

I think I'm funny and 

You think I'm funny too. 

Hah-hah

I like you because

You know where I'm ticklish

And you don't tickle me there except 

Just a little tiny bit sometimes. 

But if you do then I know where to tickle you too 

You know how to be silly 

That's why I like you. 

Boy are you ever silly. 

I never met anybody sillier than me till I met you. 

I like you because 

You know when it's time to stop being silly 

Maybe day after tomorrow 

Maybe Never. 

Oops too late, 

it's a quarter past silly. 

If I pretend I am drowning

You pretend you are saving me 

If I am getting ready to pop a paper bag

You are getting ready to jump. 

That's because 

You really like me. 

You really like me

Don't you? 

And I really like you back 

And you like me back

And I like you back

And that's the way we keep on going 

Every day. 

IF you go away

then I go away too. 

Or if I stay home 

You send me a postcard. 

You don't just say, 

Well see you around some time, bye. 

I like you a lot because of that. 

 

If I go away

I send you a postcard too. 

And I like you because 

When I am feeling sad

You don't always cheer me up right away. 

Sometimes it is better to be sad.

You can't stand the others being so googly and gaggly

every single minute. 

You want to think about things. 

It takes time. 

I like you because, 

I don't know why but 

everything that happens

Is nicer with you.

I can't remember when I didn't like you. 

It must have been lonesome then. 

I like you because because because,

I forget why I like you 

But I do, so many reasons.

On the Fourth of July I like you because 

It's the Fourth of July. 

on the Fifth of July 

I like you too. 

 

Even if it was the 

nine-hundred-and ninety-ninth of July

Even if it was August. 

Even if it was way down at the bottom of November

Even if it was no place particular in January.

I would go on choosing you

And you would go on choosing me 

Over and over again. 

That's how it would happen every time

I don't know why.

I guess I don't know why I like you really 

Why do I like you?

I guess I just like you

Because I like you.

Happy almost Valentines Day!