A BIT OF SPRING NONSENSE

A froggy once sat in a pink striped hat

 upon a lily leaf.

He'd soon have flown if he had known

 what was lurking underneath.

A gruesome pike had parked his bike

against a wall close by,

His evil desire was to acquire

 a piece of froggy pie.

On spotting a bubble the frog scented trouble

 and realised he was the goal

Of a villainous beast who fancied a feast,

 he was truly a toad in a hole.

He had to be quick with his vanishing trick

 he knew there could be no delay.

So he took off his hat and in it he sat

 and promptly he sailed away.

Then he opened his eyes for to his surprise

 the ultimate end to his plight

A fisherman's gear was laid out quite near

 and the owner was nowhere insight.

When pike came upon the leaf frog sat on,

 he leapt up to swallow him whole

But his sly look of glee changed to pure agony

when he hung from that fisherman's pole.

So that night instead of the frog lying dead,

T'was the pike that lay battered and beaten.

Frog was heard to rejoice, in a baritone voice,

Tis better to eat than be eaten.

 

So if you are small dont worry at all

 If your foes look too big to repel

The frog though minute was still very astute

 And proved brains could win battles as well.

Jenny Bowman 1979

This was written as a bed time story for my children and they still remember it word for word.  I used to love nonsense and story poems and wrote loads at one time or another, most of them more rubbish than nonsense, but it kept me amused!

Ah Well back to the slippers have some which are to be delivered by the Easter Bunny so better crack on.
Have a great weekend.

Jenny x