“Has anyone heard the tale
Of the vegetable heist that failed?”
Asked the bear near the door
On the farm near the shore
Deep in the hidden dale.
The fable is short and sweet
Some say it’s a little offbeat.
“Is the story a riddle?”
Asked the cat with the fiddle
And pounced without missing a beat.
“It’s happening right now!”
Cawed the crow near the plow.
She hopped to a sack
And gave it a whack
And carrots fell out by the cow.
“The thief is around!”
Squealed the pig with a frown.
As she looked to and fro
She tripped on the hoe
And suffered a blow to her crown.
“Who could it be?”
Asked the wily donkey
As he wiggled his mane
Which jingled his chain
That looped around the old oak tree.
“Oh goodness, oh Goddy!
I could use a hot toddy,”
cried the rabbit with no head
Who thought he was dead
but had only misplaced his body.
“Was it you?” asked the bear
with nary a care
“If we look at the clue
It could be only you.”
and that was the end of the affair.
Jon Gray Lang.com 