There’s fighting in the duck pond, <br />the frogs have gone to war! <br />They’re punching toads and kicking newts, <br />they’re out to settle an old score. <br /> <br />“These lilly pads are ours! ” <br />Screams a gigantic froggy brute. <br />Then he hops into the reed bed, <br />then starts beating up a newt. <br /> <br />“Stop this, it is madness! ” <br />Shout the old grey geese. <br />But the frogs just ignore them, <br />they’re waging war, not peace. <br /> <br />They’re hopping past the bulrush, <br />they have just slapped mother swan. <br />Their battle cry is “Ribbit! ” <br />And still they’re marching on! <br /> <br />“Enough! ” Shouts the heron, <br />“This really has to stop! ” <br />He bares his beak, his frog eating beak, <br />then not one frog dares hop. <br /> <br />The heron has them fleeing, <br />the frogs hop off in retreat. <br />They’re apologising frantically, <br />knowing they’re what heron likes to eat!<br /><br />Jojoba Mansell<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-frogs-went-to-war-a-poem-for-children/
