STORYSPROUTS!!
free stories and poems for children
TIT FOR TAT!!
Coco, the bunny, was doing a jig,
She was the happiest a bunny could get!
“Ooo! It’s my b’day and it’s gonna be big,
A feast, few will ever forget!
She hopped down the lane, a plan in her brain…
She knocked on every friend’s door.
They jumped in joy, when she gave them a toy,
And said, ‘It’s my party at four!’
See, not all were invited and there were a few,
Who knew how unwelcome they were!
Take Sono, the fox for example will you,
He had a passion for rabbit fur!
When he saw the others dressed up and running,
He knew they were going to have fun,
He went straight to Tama, the lion all stunning,
And tried to get his job done!
‘Tama, I have a message from Coco,
She’s having a party today!
It’s already started and all have departed,
So hurry, you cannot delay!’
Tama set off; he was hungry for food.
The sight sent him reeling, made him feel so good!
There were plump deer and more on the way,
He clapped with joy for his waiting buffet!
Tama jumped in, he roared a hi!
Coco and her friends thought they would die!!
Tama was upset when they all took flight,
“My food ran away! Now that’s not polite!”
News travels quickly in the forest for sure,
The monkey told the hedgehog, the hedgehog, the deer,
Soon, they all found out what Sono had done,
He had let loose a lion on them for fun!
Coco was sad, but when she heard the news,
She crushed her little carrot to juice.
“We’ll give him a party he will not forget,
And a present he will forever regret!”
The next morning, Coco went speaking aloud,
“Hey everybody, there’s this great new crowd!
Friends from the nearby forests have come,
They bathe in the river, as is the custom.”
Sono leapt up as he heard the news,
His tummy said, there would be food he could use.
He ran to the river and sniffed around,
There was not a leaf moving, not even a sound.
He sniffed at the water, beginning to brood,
Out leapt a crocodile, in a very bad mood.
KRUNCH! He went on Sono’s nose and left.
How Sono cried, screamed and wept!
“Ah!” he said, “This pain, and this shame…
Walking around, without a nose to my frame!!”
“You should have thought before you played your game,
For losing your nose, you have yourself to blame!”
Sono turned to see Coco talking to him,
He knew his chances at getting his nose were slim.
“Sorry!” he said and ran like a clumsy pig.
Coco smiled and danced a jig.
