The fly was in the belly yes,
and found therein a frightning mess
the fly was anxious to get out
so he flew wildly all about
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I did read Sally's poem about the frog, and this is so clever, it's pure genius on your part. It's amazing what an interest we have in frogs, in various forms and guises. Well I suppose I must 'hop' off. Speak to you soon Sincerely Ernestine.
This was written as a comment/continuation of Sally's poem Gribbit. Aussie frogs tend to read more, thus 'read-it, read-it'. H
At last! A use for poetry! Herbert, you should find an illustrator! (I don't mean to 'should' on you, what I mean is this is an extremely visual little ditty and it might make a charming illustrated booklet) . You got my frog & my newspaper together, wow! I wrote something about froggies under Sally's poem. Also I can add that to me, they look a lot like little green people with webbed feet! That's part of their charm/fascination. (a ps riddle: One children's book we read in school had 2 characters: 'Froggy' and 'Froggy's Mother'. But isn't Froggy's Mother ALSO a Froggy?)