Tip; growing up

Tip moved into our neighborhood and all of us kids
adopted him. At first, Tip was completely wheel chair
bound. Through physical therapy furnished by the Polio
Foundation and the encouragement of his family and
friends, he was eventually to escape the wheel chair and
become a normal functioning person. He had some minor
problems with his speech and movement; but, he handled
them with ease!

Tip!
By L. Don Oliver

Tip was our friend,
In a wheel chair was he;
Suffering from Infantile Paralysis,
Polio we would come to see;

We would include him in our games,
Pushing him up and down the street;
Pushing him from base to base,
His excitement was our treat;

One day I gave him a sailor hat,
He wore it with great delight;
Then two brothers stole his hat,
Quickly disappearing from sight;

When we finally chase them down,
We punished them to an extreme;
But they got our final message,
To never again attempt this scheme;