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Pet Bat - Nursery Rhyme

Sammy had a little pet it was a little bat
He had a friend who had a cat and one who had a rat
A parrot or a hamster or a little sausage dog
might have been a better pet, perhaps even a frog

For bats don’t purr and bats don’t bark or even parrot-speak
but even in the dead of night his bat won’t even squeak

He thought his bat should have a name, the name he chose was Dennis
For when his mom tripped over it she said it was a menace
So now his bat has got a name and mummy helped him pick it
Then Sammy took his bat outside and used it to play cricket





9 October 2021
Contest: Nursery Rhyme
Sponsor: Eve Roper

Copyright © Terry Flood | Year Posted 2021

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Paula Goldsmith Date: 10/16/2021 11:47:00 AM Congratulations on your win. What a creative story/write Nursery Rhyme. Have a blessed autumn day............. Login to Reply Terry Flood Date: 10/16/2021 12:01:00 PM Thank you Paula. You too. Terry

Eve Roper Date: 10/14/2021 6:55:00 PM Great write, Terry , many congratulations on your win. Hugs Eve Login to Reply Terry Flood Date: 10/15/2021 1:50:00 PM Thanks, Eve. Glad you enjoyed. Terry

Terry Miller Date: 10/14/2021 6:34:00 AM Love it! Login to Reply Terry Flood Date: 10/14/2021 3:15:00 PM Thanks, Terry. Terry ;-)

Lindsay Laurie Date: 10/12/2021 8:28:00 PM Hello Terry ... a hit for six for sure. Thanks for the chuckle Terry - Lindsay Login to Reply Terry Flood Date: 10/13/2021 2:57:00 AM Your welcome, Lindsay. Thanks. Terry

Gershon Wolf Date: 10/12/2021 6:34:00 PM I'd send this to President Xi asap. Don't you think the folks in the Wuhan Lab would appreciate this one?! Wu, Wu, Rotsa Ruck! ~ gw Login to Reply Terry Flood Date: 10/13/2021 2:56:00 AM I think they’d be posted bats through my letter box.

Gary Radice Date: 10/9/2021 11:44:00 PM Hi Terry..there's always a 'kicker' at the end of your poems (or should that be 'hitter'?) but I didn't see it coming..Howzat? you might ask..I saw the picture. ..Hey, I remember that pet rock thing..I think it was Noel Edmonds who used to spout on about them. Your poem gets one big Sunday smile from me. Cheers - Gary Login to Reply Terry Flood Date: 10/13/2021 2:54:00 AM Phew. Someone else, at last, that remembers pet rocks. Most people look at me as though I’m some kind of fruit-cake….

Ilene Bauer Date: 10/9/2021 1:14:00 PM ha! adorable, terry! best of luck in the contest... Login to Reply Terry Flood Date: 10/9/2021 2:51:00 PM Thanks, Ilene. I always said I can’t draw. I guess my picture proves the point, but you know what, I kinda liked it. Glad you enjoyed. Terry

Jenna Logan Date: 10/9/2021 12:16:00 PM LOL Terry, on your pet bat being used to play cricket. Login to Reply Terry Flood Date: 10/9/2021 2:49:00 PM Thanks, Jenna. Way back in yesteryear there was a short-lived, possibly localised, craze of keeping a pet rock. Literally a stone that you would think of as a pet. (I never ‘got it’ so didn’t fall for it). Anyway, I thought if you can have a rock as a pet, why not a bat… as in, a bat you hit balls with… the picture was to keep the ruse going… or was it? Terry