Category: Consider…

Consider the snail kite A bird of great speed. Which is really a trait That he doesn’t need. Up there on air currents Without effort he sails. But when he attacks All he catches are snails. With claws that can rip And a beak that can bite. The snails that he eats Hardly put up […]

Consider the chameleon, The master of disguises. The enemy of insects, The butterfly despises. He sits on a leaf And turns himself green. And though he sits there, He seldom is seen. His tongue is long, And covered with sticky. He’ll eat any bug, He’s certainly not picky. If  there’s nothing there, When you look […]

Let’s learn a lesson from the snail Where he goes he leaves a trail. When he goes where he shouldn’t be, His trail is there for all to see. Our life is like the little snail; Where we go we leave a trail. The things we do and the things we say Are the trail […]

Consider the octopus With all his weird features. He must be the strangest Of all of God’s creatures. He changes his color, It would seem on a whim, And he changes his shape When it tends to please him. But the oddest of things, If one just stops to think, With nothing to write with, […]

Let’s consider the toad, Who’s a creature of myth. He looks much like a frog Whom he’s close kinfolks with. He’s accused unjustly As the source of our warts; Being used by witches To make brews of all sorts. He’s no match for a tire, Our brown hoppity-toad, Who oft leaves the outline Of himself […]