The Llama Who Had No Pajama - Mary Ann Hoberman

POETRY
100 Favorite Poems
Illustrator: Betty Fraser
1998

Eggs

Eggs are laid by turkeys
Eggs are laid by hens
Eggs are laid by robins
Eggs are laid by wrens
Eggs are laid by eagles
Eggs are laid by quail,
Pigeons, parrots, peregrines --
And that's how every bird begins.

Waiters

Dining with his older daughter
Dad forgot to order water.
Daughter quickly called the waiter.
Waiter said he'd bring it later.
So she waited, did the daughter,
Till the waiter brought her water.
When he poured it for her later,
Which one would you call the waiter?

North Pole

Have you ever been to the North Pole
Where the frozen world wears a coat of ice
And the sky is white
And the sky is white
And the earth inside
Is closed up tight,
Secret and still and dark at night?