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Little Red Riding Hood, we'll call her "Red", Was taking her granny some food But the wolf had spotted her basket And thought that he'd be shrewd He said, "Hey little girl, where you goin?" The wolf was thinking he's cool But Red paid him no nevermind And mumbled,"I'm just passing thru" "What's in the basket, little girl?" The wolf asked her with an awful grin But Red replied, for the second time, "Not by the hair of my chinny chin chin" Oh wait, that's a different story That wolf is this one's brother I think their daddys were different But I'm sure, they have the same mother Anyway, the wolf took him a shortcut And to granny's house, he went But, poor granny didn't recognize him For he spoke with a Brittish accent She let him in and he gobbled her up And his stomach began to churn You shouldn't eat things that's out of date But that wolf will never learn Now, Red has finally made it And the wolf says, "Won't you come in?" He greets her in granny's bed clothes While sporting an evil grin Red says "Granny, what big eyes you have" And the wolf begins to cry For that was a touchy subject And I dare not ask him why "Granny, what a big nose you have" As she waits for the wolf's reply Once again, that's too sensitive And he gives her the evil eye Now she'd done it, the wolf was mad And was planning this little girl's death When he opened his mouth, a burp came out And her granny was still on his breath Red began to run and scream Looking for a place to hide The wolf began to chase her As her granny struggled inside The wolf tripped over a footstool As granny came tumbling out Then Red suddenly remembered That she was a Brownie Scout Red was now the hero And knew what she had to do The wolf began to cower in fear For he was sure his terror was thru But Red showed that old wolf mercy And granny forgave his transgression That wolf seen Red in a whole new light For, she'd certainly made an impression Instead of trying to eat them now That wolf just started lickin' As soon as Red wipe the slobbers away They shared her basket of chicken The chicken they ate was delicious Colonel Sanders would have been proud His breath smelled of chicken, not granny And they all started laughing out loud

Copyright © | Year Posted 2010




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Date: 3/21/2010 7:47:00 PM
Congratulations on your success in this competitation Larry. Agape, Moses
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Date: 3/20/2010 10:46:00 AM
Congratulations on your fun win. I kept waiting for the chicken and you cleverly got it in there at the end with the funny chicken breath stuff! Luv, andrea
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Date: 3/20/2010 7:53:00 AM
Larry, you do sooo well in rewriting the nursery rhymes. Another great poem! Congrats on your win! Love, Carolyn
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Date: 3/20/2010 7:15:00 AM
What a hoot..wonderful..congrats on your creative piece being a winner. BG
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Date: 3/20/2010 5:54:00 AM
Great Win Larry!!!! A unique take, and great rhyme!! Best, Jeralynn
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Date: 3/20/2010 5:38:00 AM
I knew this was a winner, nice finish. Congrats
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Date: 3/20/2010 5:10:00 AM
Congratulations Larry, on your success in my contest. Thank you for entering. I love the imaginative take on a familiar story...and the chicken dinner at the end. Nicely written. Smiles, Dane Ann
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