CHILD IN SO MANY WORDS

All of us feel happy

To receive a new born BABY;

In joy we all want to cling

To that nice NURSLING;

And that soft SUCKLING;

How wonderful and worthy is the WEAN;

Whose heart is innocent and clean;

Its ways are meek and mild

As it is still a child ;

To play with a LITTLE ONE;

Is a great fun;

When he starts to walk as a TODDLER;

He gets in the way of every elder;

Pampered and spoiled too much, a BRAT

He becomes , and starts to irritate;

A girl child lively and fit

Bold and impertinent is a CHIT;

The sprightly jerky goat's young did

Inspire the English tongue to take KID;

The English pen cannot forget

The horse's pen, hence we have COLT;
From the horse's young one to describe the inexperienced lot.

The English affinity for the canine lot is inside their SCALP

Hence we have the contemptuous term for a child as whelp

From the young ones of a dog or a wolf or anything from the same CLUB

Another word for a small child is CUB;

From young birds which cannot yet fling,

And fly, and leave the nest we have NESTLING;

From the young of kangaroos that Australians often see

They term a young child as JOEY;

From the small, tender stem which is growing

And going to become a tree we have SAPPLING;

To indicate an inexperienced youth who is struggling.

Very dirty and unruly children who cause chagrin

Are termed as GAMIN, RAGAMUFFIN, or URCHIN.

A spoilt child who deserves no fondling

Who is impolite is a BANTLING

American Indian mother wherever she goes

Carries her baby on her back which is called a PAPOOSE;

A young child with enormous mischief

Is called an IMP or an ELF

The Scots have contributed many terms to indicate children

CALLANT and STRIPLING for boys, and generally for kids KIDDIE and BAIRN.

The Irish who love the countryside and its green

Have a term for the young girl from the country as COLLEEN.

And for the boys, from the French GARCON

They have coined the term GOSSOON;

Small boys who still move in knickers

Are called NIPPERS;

A presumptuous and unimportant youngster

Is called a WHIPPER-SNAPPER;

The male child who is meant to carry on

As a heir is called a SPRIG or SCION;

The young child whom we all like

Has many other names as SHAVER, SPROG AND TYKE;

The term for an Italian baby do you know?

Is the brand name of many commercial products as well BAMBINO;

A homeless child with a life of strife

Who wonders about is a GUTTER -SNIPPE or WAIF;

Exceptionally talented child whom we admire with glee

Is called a PRODIGY;

The terms of endearment as a pet

For children are BUD, LAMBKIN AND MOPPET.