Magic Wand Poem by Della Perry

My sister was playing with her toy magic wand
When swoosh, swish, swoosh
There was a hippopotamus in our fish pond!
He popped up his head and gave a loud groan
He stood up and stretched, gave a loud moan
My sister in panic she waved her wand
And in a puff of smoke that hippo was gone!

My sister was playing with her toy magic wand
When swoosh, swishy, swoosh, swish
There was a crocodile in our fish pond
He opened his mouth, there were large razor teeth
He winked his eye and he stamped his feet
My sister she cried and she waved her wand
And in a puff of smoke that croc was gone!

My sister was playing with her toy magic wand
When swashy, swishy, swooshy, swish
There was a shark in our fish pond
He swam around fast his fin in the air
He ate almost all of the goldfish in there
My sister she yelled and waved her wand
And in a puff of smoke that shark was gone!

My sister grew bored with her toy magic wand
So with a swing and a swoop, a swoop and a swing,
She threw it in our fish pond
Lucky the Goldfish found the magic wand
He thought for three seconds, then he made up his mind
And SWISH, SWASH, SWISH, SWOOSH,
There were more fish in the pond,
But no hippos, crocs or sharks!