This one is for our sweet and silly children—recite it for them today, and see if you don't get a cuddle for your efforts! If apples were pears, And peaches were plums, And the rose had a different name -- If tigers were bears, And fingers were thumbs, I'd love you just the same! -- from Gyo Fujikawa's A Child's Book of Poems Eliza Clark : February 14, 2012: http://www.savvysource.com/parenting/9267-to-my-valentine