Mum Explains Grasshopper Forebears

MUM EXPLAINS GRASSHOPPER FOREBEARS Your daddy? Well, he had no money , Was skinny and boney, but just gorgeous, Honey, A real grasshopper’s grasshopper. Spent his days, unafraid to come a cropper, Hiding on a cornstalk in a field (you probably heard) Listening out for combines or a hungry bird. Your papa learned to hop...junior grade..right and proper Then was quickly promoted to senior hopper, But oh dear he went on vacation in Mexico One of those impulse things, you know : Free ride in a truck, camping under tarpaulin, But ended up as a chapuline* His brother Joe was another hunk - Defied the catcher nets – he had *****. Fancied him myself (before your dad), But he was too wild, adventurous, real bad. Most famous member of our family was Uncle Joe - (Now under glass in the botanical museum, Ohio.) ......................................................................... Note Chapuline is a delicacy of grasshoppers - eaten in Mexico