Toad
sat on a lilypad
and
Frog upon a toadstool,
And
they stared each other down
across
forest, over pool.
Said
Frog upon the toadstool,
"I'd
ask that you would leave.
My
throat is parched and I've a mind
for croaking through the eve."
"Brother
Frog," said Brother Toad,
"I
wish I could comply,
But water's wet. As I am not,
and
I've a mind for staying dry."
And
thus while they did bicker such,
Cat
crept ever close:
"You've
kept me up for long enough.
Now
I've a mind to eat you both."
Frog
leapt off the toadstool,
and
quickly he was fetched--
While
Toad jumped off the lilypad,
panicked, drowned in water's depth.
Now
Cat, contented, rested,
calm at water's edge.
Happily,
with stomach full,
she
nestled in the sedge.
