TEN Little Pigs

This was meant to help daughter learn how to count ...

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I picked a piglet from the pen,

To save him from the other TEN.

 

TWO were large as full size hogs.

FOUR barked at him just like dogs.

 

SIX little pigs were always mad.

EIGHT little pigs were always sad.

 

Wait a minute...

Were there TEN pigs in the pen?

No. 

I think I’ll have to count again.

 

TWO plus FOUR plus SIX plus EIGHT,

Equals TWENTY pigs fussing at mygate.

 

Now if I just add in TEN pigs more...

That’s THIRTY pigs (including ONE boar!)

 

I picked a piglet from the pen,

(Where he lived with way more than TEN.)

 

But I must have closed that gate up wrong

Because now all the pigs are on my lawn!!

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Author's Note

Just a little number rhyming poem I made up to help with adding and counting by two...
May need to use both fingers and toes for counting, and then some. :)

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

cute poem...but with intent...that one who is outnumbered, picked on, made fun of...not valued...

someone is smart enough to see that...save this pig from mental or physical slaughter and allow it a chance to make a difference.

[Ana Papaya]

The little runt spared. :)
My daughter was premature and has always been small for her age.
She's tough little cookie though. :)
Thanks Jacob.

[aLittlePain]

Geez you're neat! This is a bunch of fun. R xo

[Ana Papaya]

Silly kid stuff... they're easy to please still. :)

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What a fun poem, I admire anyone that can rhyme so easily. Cheers Starz

[Ana Papaya]

Thanks Starz. I'm happy you liked it. :)

[James]

This was so much fun, it reminds me of my father's farm. One night all the hogs got out and it took two days to catch them all.

[Ana Papaya]

Must have been fun growing up on a farm. :)

[James]

It wasn't really a farm, farm, but my father had chickens and pigs and cows and my grandmother had a two-acre vegetable garden (sucked) a lot of work mostly. I swore when I left home I would never shuck another ear of corn or shell another bean.

[Ana Papaya]

Lol. :)

I moved from the city to country a few years ago. I still work in the city so I can't really have animals but I grew corn for the first time this year. Every year I try something new. Even had my own pumpkins for Halloween. Might go for goats and chickens when I retire but that is a long way off!

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

That is a really cute poem.

[Ana Papaya]

Yay!!! Thanks. :)
Always makes me happy when I get silly with those little wee monsters of mine.

[The Rock And Roll Cowboy(REBEL WITH A CAUSE)]

Being silly is the best therapy to keep us sane in an insane world.

[Ana Papaya]

That is the TRUTH. :)
Thanks Cowboy!!

[Sir_Anonymous]

Hard to believe you wrote that heavy poem due to such a shift in overall mood and tone shows you are versatile and worthy of all praise you recieve ....and it is cute

[Ana Papaya]

Hello Sir, I did not notice your comment here. You've attached it to someone else's review.
Thank you so much. I have two young children who inspire me to write these things and they are a tough audience. But at least they can count...

[Sir_Anonymous]

Yeah still a day new added more of my works since then as well.... Sincerely I Sir.