The Grasshopper, The Bird, The Cat and The Dog!

Once upon a time not so very long ago there lived a gentle man to all creatures his love he would show.

One summer day he and his sweetie were off to Anderson and pulled out of their driveway.

Much to his and their dismay, not very soon after they had left,

 A grasshopper jumped on their windshield and with all of his might he did cleave.

As they approached the highway, since through town they were going.

He drove very slow and was hoping the grasshopper would leave his windshield in the on-coming blowing.

Much to his dismay, the grasshopper still did cleave.

He hung on with all of his might,

Despite the 30 mile an hour limit to the windshield he against the wind held on despite the fluttering of his little wing.

Now for this little man who loved all creatures great and small.

Feared much for this little grasshopper and pulled over to the side of the road next to a large stone wall.

He got out of the car and walked to the front.

And from the windshield the grasshopper he did retrieve.

He walked to the back of the car, next to a grassy green knoll.

And with a whisper of relief, he said to the grasshopper,

‘Jump now little man for I have set you free.’

Now this little man, who loved all things so much, got back into the car and smiled a smile of relief for what he had done.

He thought to himself, he saved a small delicate and gentle creature of life.

But as he buckled up and looked in his mirror, his heart became filled with strife.

For the grasshopper that he had just released,

He without thought Jumped aimlessly into the busy and bustling street.

A bird sitting on the power line saw quickly his dinner and evening treat.

So swooped did the bird and of the grasshopper he did eat.

Tears filled this little man’s eyes,

Yet that wasn’t the end of his dismay and surprise.

For as soon as the bird ate the grasshopper that the man had just saved.

Came swift now another car killing the bird in middle of the road on this summer’s day.

A teardrop fell from this little man’s eyes,

Yet that wasn’t the end of this demise.

For in the gully a small gray cat saw the still fluttering but dying bird.

And without hesitation into the highway he quickly did emerge.

T hen swift, sudden…came a large pick-up truck.

Look out cried the man which now struck the small tiny cat with the bird still in its mouth leaving nothing but his blood and guts.

Still witnessing this horrific scene, the man who loved all creatures thought this to be sadly a terrible dream.

Just when he thought that this was the end,

A stray dog from across the street came to investigate what delicacies he may eat.

To add turmoil to turmoil the poor dog did linger a bit too long.

As he drug the cat, who swallowed the bird who ate the grasshopper to the other side of the road.

Then out of nowhere an eighteen wheelers horn did blare.

The last thing the little man remembered was this small dog being tossed into the air.

He sought to save one, but now it seems life’s cycle is done.

Yet in truth, it was only the grasshopper who died not the other ones.

J. Allen Wilson © 4/20/2013