Monday tickles

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It is never too late to learn a witty insult.

A Rediscovered Morning Nonsense from 2011

There was a woman with a bun

As big as a cannon

When she sneezed

'houp houp shoun'

It was heard all over Ocean

She loved the man in the Moon

She rode her horse Taifun

Read him stories every afternoon

And they ate ice cream with a spoon.

illustration-poemJanuary5morningnonsense@2026Yanka Erimtan/babetteandfriends

Warm Summer Days

Mrs Hibou The Owl

Madame Hibou is an owl

She has big jowls

At night she howls

Hou Hou

Then asks

Whoo Whoo Whoo?

Madame Hibou of course!

Who else?

She sits in a white oak

All groomed and all cloaked

She never speaks!

The more she sees

The less she speaks

The less she speaks

The more she hears

O, Why can't We

Be like Mrs Hibou

Whoo Whooo Whoo?

Mrs Hibouuu

Who else?

Madame Hibou is

A wise old bird

She hoots once "Come sit with me”

Hoots twice

"Come let's be three!"

Then an other whooo

Now

Three wise owls sit in a tree

 "Whooo, whooo, whooo!"

All day and all night hoot 

“who, whoo, whooo"

And before you know it

Away they all went to Peru.

MrsHibou,story/fairytale character©2026YankaErimtan

Happy Spring!

March is spent by windows

Counting flurries

in a frenzy

While shovels

Ready by the door 

clink clink clink

Impatiently 

Pretend

My dog likes silly jokes

Then, I hide behind the door

Pretend I am a boar

She howls and barks in a roar

She giggles and wants some more!

Then, I hide behind the sofa

Pretend I am a cheetah

She howls and barks in a roar

She giggles and wants some more!

Then I hide behind the table

Pretend I am a sable

She howls and barks in a roar

She giggles and wants some more!

Then I hide behind the bassinet

Pretend I am a hornet

I Buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

and buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Run out and buzzzzzzzz,

"O What?"

"O Why"

"O Where has she gone now?

All I see is a running tail

She barks and howls

But giggles not! Pretends no more!

Read more: Tales

Pretend©2026YankaErimtan/babetteandfriends

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