THAT Book

A Poem by Mark

A few fun poems about animals. Maybe a children’s book one day

"The Frog That Took A Giant Leap For Their Kind"

Forever being laughed at for not being able to leap
always coming last in the frog army sport called "Jumping Over Jeep"

The little jump frog was embarrassed to belong to such an army
so he packed his things and headed off on a long journey

He crossed over the large wetlands of Florida USA
even made a makeshift home made out of some hay

Feeling a warm heat from a mile away
while climbing some steps they began to sway

Frightened by a very loud and explosive roar
he hopped inside the room with the big white door

Then he felt his feet lift off the lower floor
floating past a window he could see the earth no more

After awhile the room hit the ground with an almighty thump
he looked out again and saw a man take a large step and jump

Scared of the room he was in, he headed for the steps
and dug down deep to make the biggest leap, without special effects

But being captured on camera he became the first of his kind
to reach the moon and take a great leap, if you don't mind.

"The Monkey That Lost His Grip"

His name is Chip and he just can't get a grip
He has to hold on tight for the entire round trip

His friends in the troop said he wasn't very hip
Always having to wear a parachute with a safety clip

He tried to branch out one day, but fell and hurt his hip
Then one day, he got up early and decided to leave, without any equip

Now the monkey named Chip was so brave and he ran with a skip
And he swung from branch to branch, without any major slip

His friends were in awe of his huge lunges and gave no more lip
So from that day forth, everybody said he had great grip, to do his solo flip.

"The Cheetah That Wished For No Spots"

Cleaning his teeth using long green grass as dental floss
the healthy Cheetah often wished he had no more spots

He was tired of hearing, while playing Hide n Seek, the sound
of his animal friends yelling, "We give up, for you can't be found"

He thought, maybe he could wash away his camouflage dots
by soaking himself for a while, in some warm water and soap in pots

It might be a long shot to remove those game wrecking blots
but at least his friends would have fun playing in Africa's back lots

No said his friends, you were born with all of them
and after all, your spots make us all different. Amen

So stay like you are and we will find you one day
but never ever try and wash those unique spots of yours away.

"The Zebra That Painted Her Stripes"

She looked in the river and saw her reflection
her skin colour made males look in another direction

For her colours were not really that bright
with her body stripes painted in black and white

So the next day the lady zebra decided to get a makeover
by getting colourful paint and brushing it all over and over

Now she felt like a beautiful diamond of a gem
and maybe others would take notice, especially the men

But the day she went back to her favourite watering hole
everyone thought she belonged on a merry-go-round pole

Then it started pouring down, the hail and the wet rain
and washed off all her colourful paint down the drain

She wasn't that sad when she heard the laughter of other zebras
for she was now world famous, from all of the tourist cameras.

"The Mouse That Was Forever Getting Trapped"

The poor little mouse was forever getting himself trapped
he couldn't stop from smelling the cheese, even when wrapped

His concerned mother told him to visit a hypnotist
to try and help him get off cheese, you get the gist

If he gets trapped again, he might not be able to tell the tale
because if the help he receives fails, his face will turn pale

So let's hope this short tale of some very sore mouse tails
Helps the other obsessed cheese loving females and males.

Can the poor little mouse keep away from the snap
Let's all hope that he doesn't forget after taking a quick catnap.

"The Panda That Got Bored Of Giant Plain Bamboo"

Sitting under the tree eating gigantic bamboo stalks, sat a cute Panda
but eating one thing all day long was boring for the cutie named Sandra

So the workers at the zoo tried to change her diet to see what it would take
they tried strawberries, oranges, pizza, meatballs and even rib-eye fillet steak

But none of this food worked, to make Sandra the cute Panda, less bored
the workers were confused why the delicious food was simply ignored

She started to lose weight and became very agitated
Quickly the zoo staff asked for help, but really they had to be educated

For pandas only eat bamboo and not much of the worlds fine food
By just adding a bit of spice would've changed her boring mood

They hurried back to the zoo kitchen to prepare a spicy dish
chopping and stewing and even adding a few drops of relish

Sandra loved the change in her daily food of bamboo
and was happy again chewing on her new tasting food at the zoo.

"The Owl That Didn't Give A Hoot"

When the sun went down and the moon came out
some owls could be seen in the trees hooting about

But a strange noise one owl gave, was worse than a toot
for the owl, for some reason, didn't give a hoot

This strange sounding owl instead, made more of a screech
a sound that the English owls have never been able to reach

For this different style speaking owl, is on holidays from afar
and his spoken language is so unusual to ours, by far

The other owls wanted to know how to screech like this alien bird
for they were so bored, with only knowing how to speak one word

So they all took quick language classes to learn how to French speak
and their guest also learnt to belt out a bit of a hoot, from his foreign beak.

"The Spider That Stood Too Tall To Crawl"

A large daddy long leg spider named Paul
had such long legs he stood too tall to crawl

He looked like a gigantic monster, standing way up top
all other spiders who saw him, would come to a complete stop

Frozen in their tracks, insects would free fall and dive
and go so low between his legs to hopefully survive

The spider himself would get a face full of cobwebs
as he walked so tall into his own hand made project

Enough he thought, and off he went for a professional opinion
The doctor said, he had a name for his rather tall condition

It was called nothing at all, you are like this on earth
for all daddy long leg spiders are like this since birth

So he was told to bend down more often, stretch and do some exercise
and to watch out for that high floating killer insect spider pesticide.

"The Elephant That Couldn't Make A Trunk Call"

While playing a game of elephant soccer together
using a coconut for a ball which was as light as a feather

The elephant herd had finally ran out of pace
one player named Noel didn't stop until he fell flat on his face

When he got home later that night after his great fall
he tried, but couldn't make his routine long distance trunk call

But nothing came out and he went into shock
Noel the elephant thought he had swallowed a rock

So off down the road to the local doctor he went
also complaining about his loss of his favourite flowers scent

The doctor first said, it could be all in your mind
but after shinning a light he saw what it was, well down behind

For it was the coconut the herd had been playing with before, with Noel
after a tickle on the trunk, Noel shot it out and somehow scored a goal.

"The Koala That Was Always Bare"

Kyle the Koala loved to just sit in the trees and eat his leaves
The tourist would come and take photos without having to pay any fees

But he once took a peek at one of those friendly tourists cameras Polaroid
He saw family pets wearing fashionable clothes and was rather annoyed

You see, Kyle then noticed that he was always totally bare
Dogs with jackets and cats with gloves, but he had nothing to wear

So he decided to make all the paparazzi pay for their shots
When he saved enough money to be dressed up with the lots

He purchased some pants, a hat and T-shirt and a colourful woolly scarf
He felt more natural and not as bare, but mainly making the tourists laugh.

"The Rabbit That Stared Into The Light"

When Warren the rabbit went out on the town
He wore a lucky tail, pinned all the way down

Hiding from cars, buses and motorbikes driving past
Then hurriedly crossing the road, hoping not to be the last

For if you were left behind, you would be all alone to cross again
And be able to have the strength to not look into the lights of the men

But on this night he kept on staring straight into the light
His mother always told him, to wear sunglasses at night

The car stopped and out stepped the driver and along with his passenger
Warren couldn't move even a bit, luckily for him, it was just a messenger

The driver picked him up and placed him on the other side of the road
Thanks, he said to himself, next time might've been no respect man showed.

"The Kangaroo That Could Hip Hop"

There was a shy kangaroo who grew up in outback Australia
Her parents were very strict on their daughter named Tahlia

She never had fun like all the other roos in the neighbourhood
Forever staring at her, they thought she was boring, maybe just misunderstood

But one day she broke loose from her very strict parents ways
And started to dance some hip hop and had the hood in a daze

Tahlia started to move her paws and then even made her pouch groove
Not knowing if she was seen by her parents, if they would really approve

For she managed to stand on her tail and swing all the way around
The rest of the roos started judging each other, for who would be crowned

The best ever dancing kangaroo in Australia's outback town of theirs
In the end Tahlia won the award and ever since that day, there was no more stares.