So rather than try for a similar type of story, I thought I'd attempt a quirky poem for kids - with a hidden moral, perhaps??
The Backhoes and the Excavators
(c) Shelley Hansen 5/8/16
The backhoes and the excavators started up a war -
each thought that he was better than the one who came before.
The backhoes said, “We’re versatile with buckets front and back”.
The excavators said, “We’re far more agile on our track.”
And so a competition was devised to prove the point,
which caused a sort of sinking feeling all around the joint.
The spirit of community was roused up to protest,
but still the heavy vehicles debated who was best.
A hole in one large paddock was the place they made a start
as furiously digging, they tore half the hill apart -
until the river’s wrath was raised by such a senseless game
and he set out to undermine these rivals bent on fame.
They dug and dug and dug some more and disappeared from view -
the earth had swallowed them right up (I kid you not – it’s true!)
The river overflowed and drowned them in a billabong ...
and that was all there was to this debate of right and wrong!
Cheers
Shelley
