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How the Snake Gots its Hiss

October 25, 2009
By tennisislovee34 GOLD, Sterling Heights, Michigan
tennisislovee34 GOLD, Sterling Heights, Michigan
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Favorite Quote:
"Every moment of your life, you're writing. Even in your dreams, you're writing. When you walk the halls in this school you meet various people and you write furiously in your head." -Frank McCourt


Snake was cursed with no voice,
Not even a hiss.
He just sat in the grass,
Hoping not to get squished.

He was sitting in safety,
Or so he thought.
But when he was stepped on,
Imagine the pain it brought!

Snake let out a silent cry,
One which was never heard.
It was only witnessed
By his little friend, Bird.

Bird came to the rescue
And said, "You poor thing!
Nothing can save you,
Not even a wing.

"We'll call God up
And ask for one wish.
Maybe you'll get lucky
With at least a hiss!"

Bird gave God a call,
Called him right away.
It was decided they meet
By the Southside Bay.

Bird, Snake, and God
Met up at the dock
At a time that read
Exactly two o'clock.

God saw Snake in pain
And thought of what to do.
He thought for a minute
Before tapping his shoe.

Snake would be given a hiss
From the Mighty God.
But the hiss had to be taken
From the little wimpy Cod.

So the Snake got his fortune
From the Might God.
We just have to keep it a secret
From the Cod.

The author's comments:
I wrote this in my creative writing class, this is one of my silly poems, something I just had fun with :)

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on Apr. 13 2010 at 9:44 pm
tennisislovee34 GOLD, Sterling Heights, Michigan
15 articles 3 photos 91 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Every moment of your life, you're writing. Even in your dreams, you're writing. When you walk the halls in this school you meet various people and you write furiously in your head." -Frank McCourt

haha i actually wrote this for my creative writing class in school, and my teacher thought it was extremely creative, and kept a copy to show future classes :)

on Apr. 13 2010 at 10:18 am
jennee21_ann GOLD, Helper, Utah
17 articles 0 photos 568 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Don't gain the world and lose your soul....wisdom is better than silver or gold."

"You can always close a book, but you can never close the mind of a writer."

this is really cute!! :) it's like one of those native amerian fables explaining how things came to be, but you put a rhyming twist on it :) creative. it's good!!