Didee Didoo

My Piggy Bank

I wonder if I have enough to buy a teddy bear I wonder if I have enough to buy a bubble gum I wonder if I have enough to buy a lolly pop I wonder if I have enough to buy jelly beans I wonder if I have enough to buy lemonade I wonder if I have enough to buy crayons I wonder if I have enough to buy comics I wonder if I have enough to buy gummy bears I wonder if I have enough to buy slushie I wonder if I have enough to buy ice cream I wonder if I have enough to buy licorice I wonder if I have enough to buy a whistle I wonder if I have enough to buy a balloon I wonder if I have enough to buy a skipping rope I wonder if I have enough to buy a cookie I wonder if I have enough to buy a top I wonder if I have enough to buy checkers I wonder if I have enough to buy a toy clown I wonder if I have enough to buy a slingshot I wonder if I have enough to buy a mouth organ I wonder if I have enough to buy a pellet gun I wonder if I have enough to buy cheezies I wonder if I have enough to buy a wheelbarrow

When I was a kid this Elder gave me a Gwich’in name”CHIH AHAA” Translated it means”walking ahead”

Allan Benjamin is a poet, a cartoonist, a fiddle player and a snowshoe racer from Old Crow, Yukon. Allan is a Vuntut Gwich’in artist who provides cartoons and poems to What’s Up Yukon. He introduces us to two sets of characters who represent Allan’s family and traditional Gwich’in life growing up in Old Crow.

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