Don’t Rat on a Mouse
From the book The Aliens Have Landed at Our School!
Don’t badger a groundhog.
Don’t swallow a grouse.
Don’t bulldog a poodle.
Don’t rat on a mouse.
Don’t parrot a peacock.
Don’t buffalo moose.
Don’t hawk a flamingo
Don’t duck from a goose.
Don’t ferret out weasels.
Don’t crab at a shark.
Don’t hound a chihuahua.
Don’t crow at a lark.
Don’t ram an alpaca.
Don’t leech off a worm.
Don’t bat at a squirrel
and don’t bug a germ.
Don’t slug a sea snail.
Don’t tick off a louse.
Don’t ape a gorilla.
Don’t rat on a mouse.
Just take some advice
and remember this clue:
if you leave them alone
they won’t monkey with you!
— Kenn Nesbitt
Copyright © 2001. All Rights Reserved.
Reading Level: Grade 1
Topics: Animal Poems, Wordplay
Word Count: 113
From the book The Aliens Have Landed at Our School!
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