Ants and Blue jays

In a little tiny hole

By a tiny little house

Next to a tiny tree

Lived tiny ants and their family.

They always worked very hard

Carried tons of crumbs

Back and forth they pulled

Huge crumbs with their tiny thumbs.

Little ant Jim always wanted to help

He always worked hardest when others yelped

But, he was so young and so tiny he always flipped

Because crumbs were larger, much larger than his whole body.

Mama Ant said " My boy Jim Jim

You are a good ant but, you are very slim slim

Child ants should not work! it is too grim grim

We are going to build a school for you you with a big gym"

All Mama Ants and Papa Ants met up on the Hill

O What a good idea, a school, what a thrill!

But, the winter is upon us said one Papa ant, who is going to pay the bill?

All screamed and yelled and the meeting was done with a big shrill!

"O, no is this the end?

Don't ants have a friend who could lend them

A helping hand?"

Cried the little Jim.

Mama Papa Ants were sad

Not because they were poorly clad

But, because their little ants were not glad

Without a school they could never learn fun child things

Instead they worked in fields, they were tired

That made them naughty and slightly mad!

Blue jays heard ants wanted a school for their little ants

They also heard crumbs needed to be moved from fields

So they flew from their nests to ants' hill and volunteered:

"Here we are! we will carry your crumbs, you go on

Build your school for your little ants "

They flew and disappeared with a big Whooosh

"O what good friends we have

Such lovely friends

Isn't it nice to live in a world

Where all love and give

Just because one can?"

Ants were very happy, they gladly accepted bluejays' offer

Ran and got their tools hired a contractor

Built a beautiful school with many holes and a coffer

Found for their little ants' education the best tutors.

In the meantime, all summer long

Bluejays flew back and forth and ling long

Carried crumbs by millions

Stashed them in tiny ants' homes

Prepared them for the long cold winter days

That always come at the end of summer days!

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