6 Franny’s Valentine-Poem Generator

CHAPTER SIX FRANNY'S VALENTINE–POEM GENERATOR Later Franny sat at her desk and worked on her assignment. "I know just the thing to make this much simpler," she said triumphantly. "I'll create one valentine that will work for everyone. That will save a lot of time." Igor watched quietly, although he really wanted to help.

The next day Franny showed her invention to. Miss Shelly. "It's called the Valentine-Poem Generator. You put the same thing on every valentine, and the recipient just chooses one section from each column. It's called a matrix. This way they can customize it for themselves. There are 625 different combinations." FRANNY'S VALENTINE-POEM GENERATOR

Compose your very own valentine poem. Just take one section from each column and put them together in order. Roses are red. Violets are blue. Sugar is sweet. And so are you. Pimples are pinkish. I play the kazoo. Turkeys are dumb. Your family is too. Boogers are green. A clog is a shoe. Bigfoot is hairy. I believe this is true. Weasels are brown. You need a shampoo. Oatmeal is lumpy. But much less than you. Zombies are gray. My toenails regrew. Diapers are stinky. This poem is through. Miss Shelly smiled. She looked at Franny's card and then back at Franny "Franny, this is very clever, but maybe I didn't explain it very well. Perhaps adding some decorations or pictures might help."

"Oh, yeah!" Franny said. "Like pictures of the boogers and Bigfoot, right?" "Well, I was thinking about a picture of something more traditional," Miss Shelly corrected "Like Cupid" "Cupid?" Franny asked. "What's that?" "Well," Miss Shelly explained, "Cupid is this little naked guy with wings. He flies around shooting people with special arrows." Franny was fascinated. "And people like him?"

"People love him." Miss Shelly laughed. "And sometimes he has little hearts floating around him."

Franny smiled. "Hmm, hearts. Well, I like that part," she said.