So if you go down in the woods today
please tread very carefully all of the way;
For if you are lucky, and tiptoe with poise,
(it’s everso ’portant to NOT make a noise!)
You might get a glimpse if you’re quiet, like I said,
of a panda or grizzly or some other ted.
But will he be sleeping and snoring away –
tucked under a bush or a bushell of hay?
Or will he be hunting for berries and fruit
or running around in his bare birthday suit?!
Or scratching his back on a Butternut tree
or following the buzz of a big honeybee?
Or lifting up stones and uprooting plants
or checking his trousers for ants in his pants?!
Or clearing his throat in the evening breeze
and singing some a song ’bout his bear n’essities?!
Or taking the prickles off prickly pears
(although where he’s sticking them - nobody dares!)
So where and so what would you find in a wood
when searching for bears in the way that you should?
Well, ladies and gentlemen, I’ve news for you –
a bear is most often found SAT ON A LOO!
For some things are certain and since times of yore -
what else do you think woods and forests are for?!
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This is of course, a poem rather than prose. However, I have always thought the best prose reads like poetry - so I've simply taken a short cut!
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