A Set of Rules

By Lily

Tigers will not become bikers.

Alligators will not become skaters.

Apes will not sell grapes.

And a machine-made cat will not get paid,

Nor try to sell lemonade.

Fish will not wish.

Snakes will not bake.

Eels will not steal.

And a seal will not make a wheel,

Or try to touch steel.

Dogs will not clear fog.

Rabbits will not develop habits.

Horses will not take detours.

And raccoons will not howl at moons,

Neither will they try to blow balloons.

Lynxes will not befriend sphinxes.

Flies will not try.

Lizards will not become wizards.

And pigs will not dig,

Or at all try to wear wigs.

So what about people?

They must not eat treacle!

These rules are tools.

You know, we all need rules.