And he dug a hole in the sand in the sun.
Over in the meadow where the stream runs blue, [DRAW stream]
Lived a little mommy fish, [DRAW fish] and her little fishes two.
[DRAW two]
"Swim!" said the mommy.
"We swim!" said the two. [DRAW swim]
And they swam and they splashed where the stream runs blue.
Over in the meadow in a hole in a tree, [DRAW hole in a tree]
Lived a little mommy bird [DRAW bird] and her little birdies three. [DRAW three]
"Sing!" said the mommy.
"We sing!" said the three. [DRAW sing]
And they sang and were happy in their hole in the tree.
Over in the meadow in the reeds by the shore, [DRAW reeds]
Lived a little mommy frog [DRAW frog] and her little froggies four. [DRAW four]
"Splash!" said the mommy.
"We splash!" said the four. [DRAW splash]
And they splashed in the water in the reeds by the shore.
Over in the meadow in a snug bee hive, [DRAW hive]
Lived a little mommy bee, [DRAW bee] and her little honeys five.
[DRAW five]
"Buzz!" said the mommy.
"We buzz!" said the five.[DRAW buzz]
And they buzzed and were busy in their snug bee hive.
Over in the meadow in a house made of sticks, [DRAW house]
Lived a little mommy beaver, [DRAW beaver] and her little beavers six. [DRAW six]
"Build!" said the mommy.
"We build!" said the six. [DRAW house]
And they built all day on that house made of sticks.
Over in the meadow in the grass soft and even, [DRAW grass]
Lived a little mommy snake, [DRAW snake] and her little snakes seven. [DRAW seven]
"Slither!" said the mommy.
"We slither!" said the seven. [DRAW slither]
And they slithered and they slid through the grass soft and even.
Over in the meadow by an old rusty gate, [DRAW gate]
Lived a little mommy spider, [DRAW spider] and her little spiders eight. [DRAW eight]
"Spin!" said the mommy.
"We spin!" said the eight. [DRAW spin]
And they spun their webs on that old rusty gate.
Over in the meadow in a stand of pine, [DRAW pine]
Lived a little mommy owl, [DRAW owl] and her little owls nine.
[DRAW nine]
"Swoop!" said the mommy.
"We swoop!" said the nine. [DRAW swoop]
And they swooped and they soared through that stand of pine.
Over in the meadow in a soft shady glen, [DRAW glen]
Lived a little mommy firefly, [DRAW firefly] and her little flies ten. [DRAW ten]
"Flicker!" said the mommy.
"We flicker!" said the ten. [DRAW flicker]
And they flickered and they flitted through the soft shady glen.
TEXT AND ILLUSTRATIONS
© 2000 by Richard Thompson