poem "The bear, the fire, and the snow" (Shel Silverstein)
Version vom 3. März 2007, 22:54 Uhr von Michi (Diskussion | Beiträge)
- Author: Shel Silverstein
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From the book Falling up (1996).
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- "I live in fear of the snow," said the bear.
- "Whenever it's here, be sure I'll be there.
- Oh, the pain and the cold,
- when one's bearish and old.
- I live in fear of the snow."
- "I live in fear of the fire," said the snow.
- "Whenever it comes then it's time I must go.
- with its yellow lick flames
- leaping higher and higher,
- I live in fear of the fire."
- "I live in fear of the river," said the fire.
- "It can drown all my flames anytime it desires,
- and the thought of the wet
- makes me sputter and shiver.
- I live in fear of the river."
- "I live in fear of the bear," said the river.
- "It can lap me right up, don't you know?"
- While a mile away
- you can hear the bear say,
- "I live in fear of the snow."