In the big blue pond

At the waters edge

The little eggs waited

And waited and waited.

One day it rained

And they still waited.

Many nights passed

And something began to happen…

The eggs started to wiggle and jiggle

And finally, POP! Out came a pollywog

And another,

And another,

until there were too many to count.

They looked around in the big blue pond

And off they swam in different directions

Except for one.

He looked on in the big blue pond

To see what he could see

And what a lot there was.

Swallows swooped and soared above,

while dragonflies skittered by.

On his log a turtle dozed

undisturbed by all.

There was even a boat

on the big blue pond

But no fish would be caught today

For the fisherman too, had fallen asleep

under the summer sky

As fish swam merrily by.

In the big blue pond

The pollywog listened

as the bullfrogs croaked their happy song.

A choir of crickets joined in, and so the symphony began.

The pollywog knew that someday soon,

he would join in their song.

But for right now, he was just a little pollywog

In the big blue pond.