The Goose Is Loose: And Other Stories from Poppy’S Place

By Sharon Whitecross

Have you ever seen an old, toothless cross-eyed snake. Well Penny has. She sees him every day, lazing in the sun. He dreams of chicken dinners and watches the busy, plump, little chooks clucking all around him, but he is just too slow and Penny knows that is way too fast for old Cedric....

The delightful words in The Goose is Loose are written with a smile and a hint of mischief, while the beautiful pictures bring to life the colourful, impish characters. A goose with a penchant for biting bums. A large, happy bull who thinks he is a dog, the dazzling duck who believes that he is the best and a kangaroo who fancies bread and chocolate biscuits, are just some of the quirky characters in this book.

The funny animals come to life in this collection of humorous poems about life on Poppy's farm. Designed to remind children and adults that poems can tell an interesting story and that rhyming can be fun.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris AU
• Release date: Dec 10, 2014
• ISBN: 9781499034691

Sharon Whitecross

Sharon Whitecross lives in Queensland with her husband and adult family. Par of a large family herself, she started writing at an early age and realized that she was able to put words together in a sensitive and expressive way and create poetry that is easy to read and enjoy. She turned to writing inspirational poems after the sad death of her mother and this collection is born from her desire to comfort other people in their times of sadness. Sharon's love of words and their healing energy will hopefully be enjoyed by many who read her poems.

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Copyright © 2014 by Sharon Whitecross

Library of Congress Control Number: 2014921098

ISBN: Softcover       978-1-4990-3479-0

ISBN: Hardcover      978-1-4990-3481-3

ISBN: EBook             978-1-4990-3469-1

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to any actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

Rev. date: 12/07/2014

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Dedication

For Josh, Hannah, Taniah, Storm, Zak, Jett, Lasharla and Indie, who all love my stories.

Contents

Dedication

The Goose is Loose

Poppy’s Vegie Patch

Barry, the Biggest Bullfrog.

Cedric the Crossed Eyed Snake

On Poppy’s Dam.

The Story of Bruiser

There’s A Kangaroo in our Camp

The Goose is Loose

When we go to grandma’s it’s always so much fun

They have a beaut new swing set, a pool and room to run.

They have some chooks and some ducks, which sit upon the dam,

But they also have an untamed goose, who’ll bite anyone she can.

Grandma tries to lock it up, but she finds her own way out

And you never know she’s stalking, until Poppy starts to shout,

The goose is loose, the goose is loose. Look out here she comes

And whenever you hear those scary words, everybody runs.

The goose will get you