Monday, February 18, 2013

Danforth the Duck: A Poem

Danforth the Duck: A Poem

by Maddie Armstrong


There once was a duck named Danforth
In his family he was third, not fourth
He always wore a red cap upon his head
For good luck, he named it “Fred”
One rainy day, he got his flipper stuck
In a big puddle of muddy, yucky, muck
He tried and he tried, but he could not pull it out
He called and he called for help, but nobody came about
Danforth asked a passing snake if she could lend a hand,
But she couldn’t help because she had no hand, well isn’t that grand?
Along came a blue owl named Beatrice, who was glad to help
She pulled and pulled at that little orange flipper, but gave up with a yelp
Pretty soon, along came a chicken named Carl, who joined the pulling team
Together, he and the blue owl pulled out that flipper with a “one, two, three!”
And from there on out, a duck, a chicken and a blue owl became friends
Friends ‘till the end!

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