A Lost Leg
This is a poem about a millipede. The word worms is used loosely, because worms have no legs!
A Lost Leg
Poem
Said a thousand-legg'd worm,
As he gave a great squirm,
"Has any one seen a leg of mine?
If it can't be found,
I'll have to get round
With only nine hundred and ninety-nine!"
Notes
Written by Malcolm Douglas for "St. Nicholas Book of Verse."
Thanks and Acknowledgements
Image from "Dictionnaire universel d'histoire naturelle," v. 3 1849 - Atlas (Zoologie-Botanique) by Charles Dessalines d'Orbigny.
Advertisement
