Grandma's Dishes

I met a dragon face to face the year when I was ten,

I took a trip to outer space, I braved a pirate's den,

I wrestled with a wicked troll, and fought a great white shark,

I trailed a rabbit down a hole, I hunted for a snark.

I stowed aboard a submarine, I opened magic doors,

I traveled in a time machine, and searched for dinosaurs,

I climbed atop a giant's head, I found a pot of gold,

I did all this in books I read when I was ten years old. 

– Jack Prelutsky