The Rooster

By David Elliott
Crows and struts.
He’s got feathers!
He’s got guts!

Oh, the rooster
struts and crows.
What’s he thinking?

No one knows.

Copyright Credit: David Elliot, "The Rooster" from On the Farm. Copyright © 2008 by David Elliot.  Reprinted by permission of Candlewick Press, Inc.
Source: On the Farm (Candlewick Press, 2008)