Climbing-climbing up the rock <br />through the woods, my hands are locked <br />on the rope so prickly-prickly <br />past the pine tree, tickly-tickly. <br /> <br />Climbing-climbing, higher-higher, <br />muscles feel like they’re on fire! <br />Through the dry leaves, rustle-rustle, <br />feel the wind push, hustle-hustle. <br /> <br />A long long way to the tippity top. <br />Hold on tight or flippity flop! <br />One foot here, then one foot there, <br />(wish steps in rocks were everywhere) . <br /> <br />Huffing-puffing but not quite there. <br />Look out! There’s a grizzly bear! <br />Shhh-shhh use tippy-toes. <br />He’s turning now. See, there he goes! <br /> <br />Uh oh, snakes beside me, sliding-gliding! <br />Nowhere to go for hiding-hiding! <br />Danger-danger! I can see <br />the snakes are slithering after me, <br /> <br />but no, they’re going in the ground <br />through those holes going down-down <br />Oh no, growling-growling from behind! <br />If I turn, what will I find? <br /> <br />A grumpy-grumpy scary thing? <br />I wish I brought a bell to ring! <br />It’s getting dark and hard to see <br />the something else that’s chasing me! <br /> <br />Oh my gosh … I’m at the top. <br />I guess for now, I‘ll have to stop. <br />That was fun, I love pretending … <br />but I wish the stairs were never ending!<br /><br />C.J. Heck<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-climbing-adventure-preschool/
