Hopping Glad

Hopping Glad
By Auntie B 1/9/10

Bonnie Bunny liked to hop
Frankie Froggy said, "Please stop.
For hopping is my thing, you see.
If you hop too,
What's left for me?"
Then Bonnie said,
"Well, I'm bigger than you,
And hopping's what
I like to do.
So I'll be taking charge
Of hopping,
And you will be the one
Who's stopping."

Well, this made Frankie very sad
And more than just a little mad.
When suddenly from 'round the bend
Came a zookeeper
Who decided to send
The two of them to the local zoo
Where they met Katy Kangaroo!
Beside her they felt very small
And thought they shouldn't hop
At all.
When Katy hopped a giant leap
Bonnie Bunny began to weep
But Katy asked, "What's wrong,
Miss Bunny?"
Then Bonnie said, "That isn't funny!
You know what's wrong
Your hops are great,
And now, I'm only second rate!"
Then Frankie made a little squeal
And said, "Now, Bonnie,
You know how I feel!
Not only that, it seems for sure
Neither of us can hop anymore."
"Nonsense!" Cried Katy Kangaroo,
"I'd never tell you what to do!
You each hop well for who you are
Just be yourselves and you'll go far.
There's room enough for all to hop
And there's no need for you to stop
If hopping is the thing you do,
Then always to yourself be true!
For there's no reason to compare
Yourself to others--that's not fair.
As long as you just do your best
You'll always pass the hopping test."

Now, Frankie had been hopping mad
But Katy made him hopping glad
As finally he understood
That he could hop,
And hop he would.
And Bonnie was no longer blue
Because she saw that it was true
That no one had to be in charge
Of hopping,
Whether small or large.