Important Pre-Nap Questions

I came back from a cold windy walk Off with my mittens and hat And coat and boots On with the tea kettle I opened the box “Lipton - 100% Real Tea Leaves Serve Hot or Iced” Oooo not ‘iced’ I don’t even want to think about that! “72 Tea Bags Decaffeinated with Pure Spring Water and Effervescence” Effervescence? What is that? Fizz? I do not want fizzy hot tea Just plain hot tea, if you please “Net Wt 4.7 oz (133 g).. “ OK I opened the lid to put the individually Bagged teas… To put the bags in the glass jar On the shelf I opened the box and smelled the gentle green And happily removed the cardboard separators -the bags are placed in rows With two little ‘walls’ between Which I use for book marks Fresh green-smelling book marks And I noticed more writing on the underside of the lid:’ “Why is there a frog on my tea box?” Beside a picture of a frog I closed the lid Sure enough, there is the same picture; Only smaller; so I didn’t notice it The little green frog is framed by the words “Rainforest Alliance…Certified” Nice to know the frog is a certified frog The lid goes on to explain that the Lipton Tea has been grown on “Rainforest Alliance Certified ™ Tea farms…to Protect the Environment, Improve Quality of Life; and Improve Worker Welfare…for more information…please visit liptonforthefuture.com or reainforest-alliance.org” Wow! What an answer! The first things that came to my mind With the question (In case you forgot, “Why is there a frog on my tea box?”) Were: 1. An elephant wouldn’t fit 2. The gecko is taken (see Geico car insurance ads) 3. Cats don’t drink tea – although they occasionally sniff mine 4. Fish are too wet… well, come to think of it, frogs live at least part-time in water… scratch that… except that I don’t care for fish, and I’d probably return tea with fish on the box 5. Why not? It is a charming question It is a cute frog And the tea is good; especially when drunk to accompany A hot buttered biscuit with cinnamon on top I sit back in my grandfather’s old chair With a book and a cat on my lap And drift off to sleep “Why is there a frog on my tea box?” I think that’s silly The more important question would be “Why is there a frog in my Christmas tree?” But that’s another story