Today, all birds are dinosaurs, the scientists have agreed.
A Moorhen
swimming on a pond and Sparrows in a tree,
An Ostrich in
the desert and King Penguins in a pool,
All of them are
dinosaurs, I think that's really cool.
Trees are where
it all began, when little dinos climbed
To get away
from huge T Rex and all his fearsome kind.
They had warm
blood and feathers too, that kept them nice and warm
They built
nests high on trees and cliffs so their eggs came to no harm.
So, when that
fatal meteor struck and all the big ones died,
The little
dinos spread their wings, flew somewhere safe, to hide
They found just
enough to eat, while the planet came alive.
They changed
their shapes and habits, learning how to thrive.
Some lived down
on forest floors, the Chickens and Peafowel
Others with
claws liked eating mice and they became the Owls.
A few just
loved the feel of air, flew everywhere to feed
They’re the
swifts and albatrosses, who only land to breed.
Now, we’ve bred
monster chickens who can’t stand on their feet
And we poison
all the insects that the small birds need to eat.
The Gulls have
learnt to grab our chips, but we destroy their nests
We steal their
fish, invade their beaches, then we call them pests.
They watch us
with their yellow eyes and clever dino minds.
They’ll summon
up enormous flocks, crying out to all bird-kind.
The Vultures, Hawks
and Eagles are all longing for a fight.
The dinosaurs
are coming and it truly serves us right.
