My Dad Brings Home Strange Pets

My dad brings home strange pets…

In the past, he has brought home a tiger from Tibet.

The tiger loved rice,

And chased the mice.   

But he wasn’t very friend or nice.                         

               

Once I asked for a puppy

But he brought home a guppy

Who did not swim?

He died before we could name him Jim.

I remember as a child,

Some of the animals were very wild.

(My dad has been doing this since I was 8,                         

Sometimes we used some strange fish pets

as bait.)

Sometimes I wonder if he’s sane?

None of the animals seemed very tame.

  

I believe my dad became quite famous…

My mom on the other hand, didn’t like all the muss,

But made a home for ALL of US!

My dad brings home strange pets. . .  I wonder what is next?

by Rodney Musanje

Grade 3, Father Turcotte School