Mrs. Eileen Bergen has been the school nurse at Smith School for seven of the twenty years she has been a nurse. She has also worked for Hartford Hospital.  In her free time she likes to read, cook, make jewelry, ski, bike, walk her golden retriever and spend time with her family and friends.

Mary Had a Little Cold

(author unknown)

Mary had a little cold
But didn't stay at home
And everywhere that Mary went,
the cold was sure to roam.

It wandered into teacher's eyes,
And filled them full of tears.
It jumped from there to Bobby's nose
And then to Jimmy's ears.

It painted Anna's throat bright red
And welled poor Jenny's head.
Dora had a fever
And a cough put Jack to bed.

The moral of this little tale
Is very quickly said:
Mary could have saved a lot of pain
With just one day in bed!
 

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