Little Oscar is quite the remarkable little worm,

One that you’ll rarely see wiggle or seldom see squirm.

Little Oscar looks incredibly smart and wise,

Wearing big round glasses over his tiny eyes.

Little Oscar is a worm that is really quite rare,

‘Cause he prefers to sit quietly in a comfy old chair.

Instead of wiggling about, his favorite thing is to read and look

Through pages and pages of every imaginable kind of book.

When he reads, he can be anyone or do most anything

He can be a knight of the Round Table, or Arthur, the king.

Little Oscar can be Peter Pan and fly through the air

Or live in Yellowstone Park and be a big old bear.

He can be a policeman and drive a snazzy patrol car,

Or a gymnast, tumbling, flipping and swinging from a bar.

Little Oscar can be a famous singer with a noisy rock band,

Or shipwrecked Robinson Crusoe finding footprints in the sand.

He can be a fearless fireman who wears a yellow helmet and raincoat,

Or a whaler of old searching for Moby Dick from a big boat.

Little Oscar can be a brave sheriff wearing a shiny star on his chest,

Or a rough and tough cowboy herding cattle in the old, wild West.

He can be an astronaut and ride a rocket ship to Mars,

Or an astronomer with a big telescope to study the stars.

Little Oscar can travel by plane or boat to any faraway land,

Or have Dr. Seuss make him a breakfast of green eggs and ham.

Little Oscar can go anywhere or be anything he wants to be,

‘Cause he’s a little bookworm who does everything cleverly.

All he has to do to be any of these things or go anywhere

Is just read through the pages of a book while sitting in his chair

Oh yes, Little Oscar is quite the remarkable little worm,

A worm that doesn’t need to wiggle and doesn’t need to squirm.