Jaunty’s
Birthday
Jaunty had a birthday, she's
now thirteen and a day
But looks a great deal
older, as her Aunty Rue will say,
For Jaunty's that much
larger than many a girl her age,
They hope she's finished
growing but it's difficult to gauge.
The trouble is poor Jaunty
does so enjoy her food,
She's not just tall, she's
spherical (at the risk of being rude).
Now Jaunty's always wanted
to have a pony of her own
And now her mother's bought
one as her wish was not unknown,
The pony's kept in stables,
at Mr Jennings farm,
But it's not just Mr
Jennings who views Jaunty with alarm,
The pony's none too happy at
the bulk it has to take
And Jaunty, squashed in
jodhpurs, looks a fearful lot of weight!
It's done it's level hardest
to free her from its girth
But Jaunty, being spherical,
just bounces off the earth.
It's not too keen on
trotting (with any child on board
But with Jaunty's bulk upon
it it's not easy to ignore,
The farmer doesn’t
like to see his creatures in such pain
So plans another tactic
before young Jaunty mounts again.
He has a huge old shire
horse which is stabled in his barn
And now Jaunty's found her
soulmate down on Jennings Farm.
