I want a baby crocodile

I said to my mummy

"Why don’t you have a cat

or a fluffy bunny?"

I said to her

"NO!

I’d rather have a snake."

I did say we could have a garden pond

And pretend it was a lake

I said

I really want a baby crocodile

So it could swim in the pool

Mum said

"I’d rather have a dog

which only will drool!"

An anonymous Cheslyn Hay budding poet