Instructions
Do the preparation task first. Then listen to the poem and do the activities.
Transcript
Do you ever wonder?
Do you ever wonder why a mole can’t see
Or a snake can’t sing or a fish can’t walk?
Do you ever wonder why a snail can’t talk?
Do you wonder what it’s like to be me?
Do you ever wonder why a goose can’t ski
Or a dog can’t write or a hen can’t hop?
Do you ever wonder why a shark can’t stop?
Do you ever wonder what it’s like to be me?
Do you ever wonder why a cow can moo
Or a seal can clap or a goat can bleat?
Do you ever wonder why a bird can tweet?
Do you ever think of things that I can do?
Do you ever think I’m not the same as you
Or show that in the things you say?
Well, I can think of lots of games that we can play.
Why don’t we think of things that we can do?
Gillian Craig
Do you like this poem? What things can you do? What do you like doing with your friends? Tell us about it!
I do not have any friends because I am home schooled and my best friend lives in Joburg so she only comes on the holidays because of school so she can only come visit us on the long holidays cause she is also homeschooled just like me because it is too cold every morning to go out and she will get sick if she goes to school and I don't go to school because my mum says it is not safe for me to go to school and even if she comes to pick me up and drop me off it will still be dangerous.