Listen and read-along with this delightful poem by, Jo Carol Hebert.

If the cow is in the meadow

                      and the Farmer in the Dell –                      

                                                   Is the Otter in the water?                                                        

Well, you have to look to tell

If Polly puts the kettle on,

                                           we all can have some tea –                                          

Is the Otter in the water?

       Well, you have to look to see.     

                   If Eeensy Weensy spiders              

                                           go up the water spout –                                          

                                                      Is the Otter in the water?                                                        

  Well, look and you’ll find out

If four and twenty blackbirds

                                                           were baked in a pie –                                                        

Is the Otter in the water?

Well, you’ll see him if you try.

 If Simple Simon met a pieman

going to the fair –

Is the Otter in the water?

If you search, you’ll find him there.

 If Mary had a little lamb

that followed her to school –

Is the Otter in the water?

Yes, he’s in a swimming pool.

 If Mary was contrary

with cockleshells in rows –

Is the Otter in the water?

Well, look and you will know.

It can rain and pour

and an old man can snore,

and Sally sells seashells

by the seashore –

Then, don’t go near the water

without looking for an Otter!

THE END

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