The Tale Of A Poor Little Worm

JUST listen to that, Rat-atat-tat! “’Tis a woodpecker,” whispered a worm. As he crouched in a cranny He called to his granny, “Hark hark, hark hark, Rap-a-tap on the bark, That noise makes me shiver and squirm!”

Then a long barbed tongue Right through him was flung, And down in the gizzard he wallowed; It made him grow pale Till he thought of the whale With Jonah inside, Then he shivered and cried: “’Tis a fatal mistake to be swallowed.”