Bright-Green Leaves

Inside the forest's sea-of-green, Sits a hungry, bright-scarlet tanager. Eating one caterpillar after another, In minutes he gulps down thirty-five. Doing its part to help the forest, Ridding the forest of harmful insects. And over there in a huge green tree, A little red-eyed vireo, merrily sits. Singing its song all through the day, Preaching its tune for all to hear. Turning its head from side to side, Then all at once, its singing stops - It snatches a ladybug, from a leaf, A ladybug eating; green-plant lice. Lice that suck, the green-leaf juices, Juices that provides food for birds. Birds like those two, lovely bluejays, Birds that eat from wild apple trees. Apples with seeds that will spread, Spread new trees with Bright-Green Leaves.