Toads That Scream - One for the kids

My friend Scott is a wrestler and an artist and he's also a teacher. He might know someone who will enjoy this poem...

Toads That Scream

Toads that scream

Live by the stream

In the forest deep.

They scream so loud

That all around

No one gets to sleep.

Screaming toads

Make screaming calls.

They drown out other animals.

Screaming toads

Scream out their words.

They even drown out singing birds.

Screaming toads

Go for a swim,

Screaming as the all jump in.

All the forest creatures heard

The screaming toads final words

"We've got to get back out!

Here comes a speckled trout!"

Then there was a splash

And the screaming stopped.

Everything was quiet

Where the toads had hopped.

Now everyone could get some sleep

In the quiet forest deep.

Suddenly toads that scream

Surfaced in the forest stream.

They hopped out on the forest floor

Screaming louder than before.

Toads that scream

Jumped in the stream

Got eaten by a trout.

Toads that scream

Taste way too green

So he spit them out.

Now all around

The forest grounds

No one gets to sleep

Because toads that scream

Live by the stream

In the forest deep.

- G. Laidlaw

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