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AS YOU DIVE INTO THE
SEA
If I were an Octopus
You know what I would
do?
Why I'd wrap my eight
arms
Gently all around
you!
My eyes are keen -
I see you dive real
near,
If you care to talk
to me
You know I cannot
hear.
I am one of 150,000
eggs
My mother one day
had,
She never eats during
incubation;
To see her made me
glad.
If you don't see me -
Watch for my front
door,
It's made of crab
shells
Placed on the ocean
floor.
I have many suckers
To hang on to things
I like,
Those getting too
close
Soon learn to take a
hike!
My brain is like a
human
I can get into things
so icky,
Like opening a lid on
honey
But end up pretty
sticky!
If you swim close by
me
I will reach out my
arm,
I promise: I won't
Do you any harm.
Changing colors is
fun -
It keeps one's
challenge high,
At times you can't
see me -
I squirt ink: I'm
really shy!
My distant relatives
are
Something to behold,
They get big as
thirty feet -
This is what I'm
told.
I am a special
Octopus
As you can plainly
see,
I wait to always
tease you
AS YOU DIVE INTO THE
SEA.
+ + + + By: Johanna
©
3 - 11 - 2006
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