'I live in fear of the snow,' said the bear. <br />'Whenever it's here, be sure I'll be there. <br />Oh, the pain and the cold, <br />when one's bearish and old. <br />I live in fear of the snow.' <br /> <br />'I live in fear of the fire,' said the snow. <br />'Whenever it comes then it's time I must go. <br />with its yellow lick flames <br />leaping higher and higher, <br />I live in fear of the fire.' <br /> <br />'I live in fear of the river,' said the fire. <br />'It can drown all my flames anytime it desires, <br />and the thought of the wet <br />makes me sputter and shiver. <br />I live in fear of the river.' <br /> <br />'I live in fear of the bear,' said the river. <br />'It can lap me right up, don't you know?' <br />While a mile away <br />you can hear the bear say, <br />'I live in fear of the snow.'<br /><br />Sheldon Allan Silverstein<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-bear-the-fire-and-the-snow/
