Beware of the Bear!
Listen to Jacqueline ...
Oh no, Baby Bear, your breakfast’s all gone,
and look at our chairs, that someone's sat on!
I just can't believe it, they’ve BROKEN your chair.
It even appears that they’ve gone up our stairs
and there they are now, still asleep on your bed!
How rude and how dare she! I’ll BITE off her head.
The moral of this story: beware of the bear
and never, no NEVER, go into their lair.
and look at our chairs, that someone's sat on!
I just can't believe it, they’ve BROKEN your chair.
It even appears that they’ve gone up our stairs
and there they are now, still asleep on your bed!
How rude and how dare she! I’ll BITE off her head.
The moral of this story: beware of the bear
and never, no NEVER, go into their lair.
This poem is copyright (©) Jacqueline Shirtliff 2026
About the Writer
Jacqueline Shirtliff
Jacqueline is a poet and primary school teacher on the Isle of Man. One of her favourite things is helping children to love poetry and reading and encouraging them to be writers themselves. She lives in a rose-covered cottage near the sea and enjoys gardening, crochet, and playing the tuba and harp, but not all at the same time! You can read some of her other poems in The Caterpillar, Tyger Tyger, Northern Gravy, The Toy, and Little Thoughts Press.
