How?

How can jelly taste so nice?
How does water turn to ice?
How can kittens be so cute?
How do owls make such a hoot?

How does wind make washing dry?
How can clouds float through the sky?
How does chocolate melt into goo?
How can there be such a pong in the loo?

How can cats see in the dark?
How did all those animals get into the Ark?
How can one sock stay up when the other falls down?
How come grass is green and mud is brown?

How does hair get so tangled in knots?
How does measles bring you out in spots?
How can space be dark when stars are so bright?
How can little spiders give Nana such a big fright?

How can shadows be so long and black?
How does my doggy get fleas on his back?
How can honey be made by bees?
How come pepper always makes you sneeze?

How can water have no taste?
How does my Dad get a prickly face?
How come flies stop buzzing when they land?
How do crabs breathe underneath the sand?

How does milk make corn flakes soggy?
How do birds not collide when it’s foggy?
How do dreams come into your head?
How can my Dad spend so long in the shed?

I ask my Mum “ How can be all this be so?”
But all she says is “ How should I know?”