Emily Voigt
The Chicken & the Hula Hoop
drawing by Claire, age 9
The chicken in the chicken coop
is playing with a hula hoop.
Who went and left a hula hoop
in the chicken coop today?
She's twisting and she's twirling,
there's a cloud of feathers swirling,
and the hula hoop is whirling
as she swivels and she sways.
A hula hoop misplaced in haste
is strangely to this chicken's taste,
who has, it's true, no real waist
and rather wobbly legs.
But when you see how she can whir
so fast her middle starts to blur,
then surely you'll concur that we're
having scrambled eggs!
is playing with a hula hoop.
Who went and left a hula hoop
in the chicken coop today?
She's twisting and she's twirling,
there's a cloud of feathers swirling,
and the hula hoop is whirling
as she swivels and she sways.
A hula hoop misplaced in haste
is strangely to this chicken's taste,
who has, it's true, no real waist
and rather wobbly legs.
But when you see how she can whir
so fast her middle starts to blur,
then surely you'll concur that we're
having scrambled eggs!