TEDDY
Mass of jelly in a pool
Water that was clean and cool
Eggs from which babies hatch,
Eggs inside the jelly patch.
Tiny fins and tails that swish
To swim away from hungry fish.
Out from an egg hatched one day
A babe named Teddy who loved to play.
But it was his strongest wish
Not to remain just — fish-ish!
He dreamt of leaping and calling out
Leaping on the land, hopping about.
Meanwhile he exercised, grew stronger,
His fins began to grow out, grew longer,
He could breathe in air, he found,
Then Teddy crawled onto dry ground!
His throat swelled and he croaked aloud
Now he was part of a friendly crowd
Of frogs that could live on water or land,
An amphibian, grown up and grand!
gitabharath 