The Tiny Little Ant Poem by Roger Horsch

There once was a tiny little ant
that was so, so very small
To him, every other single ant
was great big, huge and tall

He tried to help the best he could
as they all lived in their nest
The other ants would push him aside
and say, ' Why don't you take a rest '

There's nothing here that you can do
said, the ants that were passing by
He knew that he was way too small
yet, he knew that he should try

To help his family do their chores
after all he is an ant
But, no matter how hard he tried each day
they all told him, he can't

They told him he was way too small
'cause he could fit on the head of a pin
They said to him, ' Just go away '
' You never did fit in '

That sad and heartbroken little ant
decided to leave that day
He would rather live all by himself
Than to be treated in that way

He traveled across the countryside
and, for days he never stopped
Then, a great big wind came and lifted him high
to a tree limb he was dropped

A storm was brewing, the wind was blowing
and he knew that he must hide
He saw a tiny little hole
so he ran, then crawled inside

He found a little tunnel
that led him deep within the tree
It came to a great big opening
to his amazement he did see

Another colony of little ants
that seem to be like him
But, it was hard to see within that tree
'cause the light was very dim

He had to get much closer
He had to really see
Are they really little ants?
Are they just like me?

He saw, they were just like him
as his face began to grin
He asked if he could live with them
so they happily took him in

There's a moral to this story
about this tiny little ant
You can always do what you put your mind to
'Cause there's no such thing as, can't