ROBIN RED BREAST BUMBLE BEE AND KATY CATERPILLAR

Hi dear friends, I’m back after a bad shingles attack and straight after that bronchitis verging on pneumonia. Little Robin red breast bobbing up and down, Would take away with glee, anybody’s frown And friendly buzzing Mr Bumble bee delights, Us one and all, he does not sting, it’s not his thing. He visits flowers , red, yellow purple , pink and blue, Which attract him, loves their pollen and alluring hue. One day bumble bee and little robin decided to be human, So prepared for tea and pancakes, without the gluten, They saw Katy the caterpillar crawling on the lawn, And invited her to join them, the following morn at dawn, They all met for this fun occasion by the nearby river, But an uninvited visitor arrived with shiny wings, such a diva. A Hadeda elegant and loud of call thought she was an opera Singer, had one thing on her mind, which was Katy Caterpillar, She slowly walked on her stalk like legs towards this prickly Little insect, wanting to swallow Katy who was so wiggly, Down her gullet, but Robin red breast said no no, no, And Bumble bee agreed and said, I think you ‘d better go So with his wide spread wings the Hadeda flew away, Leaving Bumble bee and little Robin to enjoy their day, How wonderful was their idea for pancakes and tea. Another visitor arrives, so famous, known to you and me, Can you guess who. He wears a top hat, mutters crazy sayings, And carry’s a full tea pot , ‘do you want a cup of tea, Oh dear, oh dear, my or me, he or she or maybe you. He takes his watch out of his waist coat pocket and says, ‘I’m late, I’m late for a a very important date, no time to Say hello goodbye I’m late I’m late I’m late’ ‘It’s time for me to go, Au revoir from your dizzy beau.’ It was the Mad Hatter, of course, An Alice in Wonderland source. What happened to Katy caterpillar, well fearing For her life, Katy crawled under a nearby bush, Did not intend to be a snack, or mealtime mush. NB – THE WORDS UTTERED BY THE MAD HATTER – are both from the book Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll and some of my own. HADEDA IBIS - referred to in South Africa as only Hadeda.