Beatrice the Bat

Beatrice was a bat
The creepy, scary kind
But also she was nice
The nicest you could find

She always brought her brothers
One mosquito each (yuck!!)
When they needed learning
She was there to teach

All the bats liked Beatrice
She was well-known in the cave
If there was a bat feast (ugh, whatever that is!!)
A place for her was saved

A bat’s life can be trying
All that hanging upside down
But no bat would be crying
When Beatrice was around

She was a real good jokester
A wide grin on her face (do bats smile!?!?)
Organizing games and things
Or “let’s put on a race!”

Bats have always scared me
I’m afraid I’ll get a bite
But if they are like Beatrice
Maybe bats might be all right (but I’m still not sure!!)

Happy Halloween my Friends! Thank you for being here!

Sally Grundy

Sally Grundy
was a slug
slowest slug
there ever was
she would creep
just plod along
one short foot
took all day long
slug are slow
this we know
Sally was
the slowest though

The Complainer

Have you ever met a complainer?
He grouses, grumbles, and gripes
Fussing and futzing surround him
Do you know this specific type?

Nothing will ever please him
He will always find a new fault
Order a chocolate milkshake
He will bleat loudly, “I wanted malt!”

Seems no way to please him
Nothing is ever quite right
You can try to convince him
You can use all of your might

But chances are he is stuck here
Mired in his grievance-filled ways
He does not see he needs changing
And so there’s not much you can say

He will go on complaining
The only thing you can do
Is to notice how lonely this man is
And never ever let it become you

little shrimpy

into the depth of the sea
the little shrimp did dive
his plan devised to test
the limits of being alive

he kept on going deeper
it was getting dark
kept his shrimp eyes open
alert for any sharks

deeper down he went
ahead it was pitch black
water now much colder
he thought of going back

suddenly out of shadow
appeared a glowing orb
a fish with giant teeth
more than our shrimp could absorb

then he saw a menace
that he had seen before
a giant great white shark
a guest never ever asked for

the shark was clearly hunting
scanning with wicked black eyes
our shrimp hid among some coral
happy for his small size

the shark passed out of sight
then shrimpy did decide
time to head back home
so up and up he began to ride

fun to have adventures
to see what you haven’t seen
but keep your wits about you
in the world does live some mean

when our shrimp got home
he told his friends the tale
as they were chitter chattering
up came a big blue whale

that whale swallowed them up
in one gigantic wave
as our shrimpy was going down
he was glad he had been brave

he had seen something different
he had tested himself for real
he felt proud of his adventure
and that is quite something to feel