Curious and His Shadow

In a farm in the country There was born one day A kitten named curious With a love to explore and play While sitting by the pond one day Curious saw another A kitten just like himself Perhaps it was a brother? You see it was his shadow But curious didn’t know That when the sun was high above His shadow was there below So curious was none the wiser And tried desperately to play With the stranger in the water That looked at him that day He couldn’t reach this kitten Although he really tried He became frustrated A let out a sudden cry With one last inspiration He took a giant leap To catch this unknown in the pond While landing on his feet But in the water cold He fell with quite alarm To see the other kittens laughing Along with animals in the farm His mother pulled him from the water And told him about the sun Though he though he saw another His shadow was the one Curios felt silly He let out a weep For he was wet and soaking His tears he could not keep His mother gave a cuddle As he had received a fright “Learning is a wonderful thing Even though you aren’t always right” “So next time you are unsure Please come and ask me why And if I know ill tell you So there is no need to sigh” For life can sometimes trick you And take you for a ride But I will always be here To tell you wrong from right And so Curious still explored And roamed the farm far and wide But if he ever had a problem In his mum he would confide.