Poems
The Codfish
author unknown
The codfish lays ten thousand eggs, The homely hen lays one.
The codfish never cackles
To tell you what she’s done.
And so we scorn the codfish,
While the humble hen we prize, Which only goes to show you
That it pays to advertise.
Bees
by Jack Prelutsky
Every bee that
ever was
was partly sting and partly … buzz.
The Puffin
by Robert Williams Wood
Upon this cake of ice is perched
The paddle-footed Puffin;
To find his double we have searched, But have discovered—Nuffin!
A Wee Little Worm
by James Whitcomb Riley
A wee little worm in a hickory-nut
Sang, happy as he could be,
“0 I live in the heart of the whole round world, And it all belongs to
me!”
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