My Hamster Has A Headache

I leave an open invitation for people to suggest extra verses for this poem.The only rules are: -The meter must be exact -You cannot re-use any animal or illness already in the poem.

all my pets were feeling ill
it gave me quite a fright
and so I called the local vet
one dark and stormy night

he asked me why i'd called so late
to ask for his advice
so i told him what the problem was
and said (to be precise):

my hamster has a headache
my monkey has the mumps
my chicken has the chicken-pox
my camel lost his humps

my elephant has caught a cold
my tiger bumped his head

my parakeet has lost his voice
my budgie wets the bed

my ant has indigestion

my cow has lost her moo

my beaver has a fever

my polar bear is blue

my hippo has a backache
my kitten has a cough
my bear has halitosis
my zebra's stripes fell off

my shark has got a toothache
my leopard's feeling stressed
my mouse has got a migraine
my turtle is depressed

my snake has tonsillitis
my crocodile has gout
my albatross has vertigo
my panda's hair fell out

my goldfish has the hiccups
my frog has got the flu
all my pets are very sick
what am I to do??

the doctor had a little think
then said as he was yawning:
just give them all two aspirin
and call me in the morning

Reviews

[.]

read this to my son, now you have started something, he wants to hear it all the time :)

[Kanattas Atir Enomo]

good job. this was really cute and i think that a lot of kids would find it really amusing

[Revolutionary]

I am going to read this for night night to my kid tonight.I got some kid poems but I havn't posted them yet.I love your style great poem

[.]

my son would love this poem, fun and lighthearted, just what children's poetry should be.

[just rose.]

lol. that is some vet bill and frankly, i also want to know how much you spend on litter. just wonderful, absolutely brilliant.

[A.Lee]

I read this aloud to my 3 year old stepson and he cracked up laughing as the list of sick animals went on. :) I guess that means it a success!

[Bear]

OH MY, I was laughing out LOUD throughout the whole read!! HILARIOUS and quite inventive!!!

The only thing I noticed was the Zebra's lost strips... think you need to add an E and turn it into stripes?? I'm still smiling over this one!! Such FUN!!!!!