To the Farm

Horses, donkeys, cows that moo,
Chickens, kittens, piglets too,
Fish that swim down in the pond,
Ducklings quacking all day long.
All these animals you can see
If you go to the farm with me.

Seven Piglets

(Jack Prelutsky)

Seven piglets, pink and gray,
who could not keep from squealing,
chased each other all the way
from Wichita to Wheeling.
Under fences, over rails,
they raced with one another,
then turned around and twitched their tails,
and hurried home to Mother.

Pig Quotes

• If you push a pig down a hill he becomes a sausage roll
• Why is it that the first thing we do after killing a pig is to cure it?
• Could a small pig be called a 'hamlet'?

The Cow

(Robert Louis Stevenson)

The friendly cow all red and white
I love with all my heart
She gives me cream with all her might
To eat with apple tart

She wanders lowing here and there,
And yet she cannot stray
All in her pleasant open air
The pleasant light of day

And blown by all the winds that pass
And wet with all the showers
She walks among the meadow grass
And eats the meadow flowers

The Purple Cow

(Gelett Burgess)

I never saw a purple cow,
I never hope to see one,
But I can tell you, anyhow,
I'd rather see than be one!

The New Cow

(August Derleth)

The new cow came though the gate,
and her calf came after, a little late.
No longer willing to be led,
the calf went on ahead,
while she stood to look around
over the hills and lower ground
stood shyly, defiantly there,
smelling flower-fragrant air,
and gazed toward the old cows
grouped on the way before.
Knowing not how she might stay
among them, stranger still,
she hesitated yet, now they had turned
at the foot of the hill
and seemed to wait for her at the gate,
to wait for her who was strange and thin,
till she came on,
and they opened their ranks
to take her in.

Cow Quotes

• Why butter instead of margarine? I trust cows over scientists.
• Cows are amongst the gentlest of breathing creatures; none show more passionate tenderness to their young when deprived of them; and, in short, I am not ashamed to profess a deep love for these quiet creatures. (Thomas De Quincey)
• I guess cows aren't into the four food groups, especially when they are two of them. (Anthony Clark)
• Look at those cows and remember that the greatest scientists in the world have never discovered how to make grass into milk. (Michael Pupin)
• Nature is amazing. Who would have thought of putting a fly-swatter on the rear end of a cow? (Farmers Almanac)
• Who do you suppose was the first person to look at a cow and say, "I think I'll squeeze these dangly things here and drink what comes out"?

Cow ABC List

See this interesting list at Cows From A – Z

Little Bo Peep

Little Bo Peep has lost her sheep
And can't tell where to find them
Leave them alone,
And they'll come home
Wagging their tails behind them

The Happy Sheep

(Winfred Thorley)

All through the night the happy sheep
Lie in the meadow grass asleep.

Their wool keeps out the frost and rain
Until the sun comes round again.

They have no buttons to undo,
No hair to brush like me and you.

And with the light they lift their heads
To find their breakfast on their beds.

Or rise and walk about and eat
The carpet underneath their feet.

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• After Ewe
• Do sheep know when someone's pulling the wool over their eyes?
• Ewe are special
• Fleece on earth, good wool to ewe.
• Fleece Navidad.
• Here's lookin' at ewe, kid.
• I get a kick out of ewe.
• Sheep Thrills
• Sheepish
• There will never be another ewe.
• We make sweaters out of sheep's hair. I wonder what sheep use to make sweaters
• Much ado about mutton.
• People who inventory sheep probably fall asleep on the job.
• Something to think about: Why don't sheep shrink when it rains?
• What do sheep count when they can't get to sleep?

• Fowl language spoken here
• A hen is faster than a speeding pullet
• The rooster makes the noise, but the hen delivers the goods

The Rooster

The farm is in a flurry.
The rooster caught the flu.
His cock-a-doodle-doo
Has changed to cock-a doodle-choo!

Gobble-Gobble

The turkey is a funny bird
Its head goes bobble-bobble;
And all he knows is just one word...
And that is
Gobble-Gobble!

To Make a Prairie

(Emily Dickinson)

To make a prairie it takes clover and one bee;
One clover and a bee,
And reverie
The reverie alone will do
If bees are few.