Grandfather, Grandfather, <br />what do pandas say? <br />Grandfather, Grandfather, <br />as among the rocks they roll <br />and rather sadly play <br />a game that seems <br />to do with dreams <br />of places far away. <br />Grandfather, Grandfather, <br />what do pandas say? <br /> <br />Grand-daughter, Grand-daughter, <br />when the pandas play <br />rather sadly in the rocks <br />this is what they say <br />to one another as they seem <br />to remember in a dream <br />those places far away: <br />'Let us tell no one <br />the word that we say <br />softly to one another <br />as we roll and play. <br />For if they ever heard it, <br />the tall two-legged Understanders <br />who always want to know what pandas <br />like us love to say, <br />yes, if they ever heard it <br />they would take it away.'<br /><br />George Barker<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/grandfather-grandfather/
