Genre: Family, Rhyme
Taken from Tales Of Hickety Plop. Children’s rhyme written by B.B. Sommers (twitter @TiddleyPump)
THE GOSSIPING TREE
by Darren Finlinson
Right in the centre of Hickety Plop,
Surrounded by every fantastical shop,
A magical wonder for all to see,
Is the one and only gossiping tree.
With bright gold leaves and age unknown,
The silver trunk in time has grown,
From all the tales it’s ever heard,
No matter how strange or even absurd.
With all the news it hears each day,
From all the folks who pass it’s way,
It often likes to talk and rant,
It surely is a nosey plant.
It likes to moan, it likes to tutt,
It never keeps it’s big mouth shut,
No matter who will walk it’s way,
It always has something to say.
When Mrs. Toodle once went by,
The tree had tried to catch her eye,
And laughed…
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