B. My Shadow

                                                                   I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me,

                                                                   And what can be the use of him is more than I can see.

                                                                   He is very, very like me from the heels up to the head;

                                                                   And I see him jump before me, when I jump into my bed.

                                                                   The funniest thing about him is the way he likes to grow—

                                                                   Not at all like proper children, which is always very slow;

                                                                   For he sometimes shoots up taller like an India-rubber ball,

                                                                   And he sometimes gets so little that there’s none of him at all.

                                                                   One morning, very early, before the sun was up,

                                                                   I rose and found the shining dew on every buttercup;

                                                                   But my lazy little shadow, like an arrant sleepyhead,

                                                                   Had stayed at home behind me and was fast asleep in bed.

                                                                                                                                      - Robert Louis Steveson

summary

The speaker has a little shadow which is very much like him/her from the heels up to the head. When he/she jumps into his / her bed, he/she sees him jump before him/ her. The funniest thing about him is growth. Sometimes it is very big and the other times it is none. One morning when the speaker woke up before the sun-rise, he found dew on buttercups. But his lazy shadow still remained in bed like a tired sleepy child.