If I Had a House 
from Matilda by Roald Dahl
found by Ashley Ausman (7th grader)

If I had a house
my sitting room
would be as big
as a schoolroom
with more windows
than my heart
could bear.

If I had a house
the curtains would be blue
and green with pink
and yellow stripes-
six feet long.

Instead of planks-
beautiful satin carpet
instead of wooden boxes-
the finest sitting chairs
in town....

If I had a house.