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CHANGE
is the topic for this week's
SUNDAY SCRIBBLINGS.
Human beings must rejoice in the fact that they don't have to cope with the metamorphosis of a young frog, a tadpole or pollywog, or whatever it's called where you live! Could we cope with such great change?
PITY POOR POLLYWOG!
I'm glad I'm not a Pollywog!
A tadpole's insecure
From day to day
It can never say
How it's going to look, for sure.
It starts off as a roundish blob,
But then it grows a tail!
When it looks around
The tail is found
And it says 'Wow! I'm a whale!'
Very soon two arms are sprouting.
He's amazed by what he's seeing!
He holds them there
Up in the air
Shouting 'I'm a human being!'
But the two legs prove that that's not right
And he sees them sprout, brand new,
Double-jointed, long
And very strong'
So he says 'I'm a kangaroo!'
But the worst is yet to happen!
His tail begins to itch,
Then it starts to ache
And finally break
And he leaves it in a ditch.
Feeling really puzzled,
He climbs up on a log.
Then he starts to croak
And sees the joke;
'I get it! I'm a frog!'
13 comments:
Wow! This is absolutely brilliant! You’re right though—our change is insignificant in comparison.
Hilarious! It really sounds you know the metamorphosis of a tadpole intimately! But i'm not daring to go there!
Enjoyed that. All he needs now is a beautiful princess, and his evolution is complete ;-)
Wow, this is a beautiful piece...
That is wonderful.
I haven't heard the term pollywog in a long time.
When we were groing up we always called them pollywogs and it wasn't until science class that I learned that the correct term is tadpole.
Bear((( )))
incredibly clever!!!!! i used the metamorphosis of a caterpillar in my post today,, in a somewhat less light hearted fashion i know but still- isn't this amazing,, i mean when you think about what other species have to go thru just to change?????
Oh, this is delightful! Poor confused little tadpole. What a relief when he finally gets it. Green at last!
This is wonderful, my kind of poem.
Fantastic, in the league of lewis caroll... lovely concept.
I was smiling all the way through this - very cleverly written.
Oh, such a clever, clever take on the prompt!
Glad you came by to visit. You asked about my blog-name. It's because I'm sort-of-green (as in environmentally aware), and also Irish, and when I began blogging, I felt very... green.
what a great piece - whimsical, but undeneath speaks volumes of how we take to change and make it all into just what we want it to be!!!
The truth of life very subtly revealed...!!! Loved it.
p.s. came across in a management book I was reading - "however hard a kitten tries, it can never become a roaring Lion" :(
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