George and Donna were driving home
Near Bly Mountain was their abode
It wasn't long until they spotted
Fifteen goslings trundling across the road.
George braked! Jumped out of their car
To scoot the goslings off the highway
A cute group of babies, all in a row
From their mother, they had wandered away.
Upon returning to his car
One little gosling was left alone
It had to be the runt of the bunch
What to do till it is grown?
It kept peeping and rather weak
They carried it to the river nearby
In hopes its mother would be found
Baby gosling was a peeping little guy.
George and Donna took gosling home
And tought her how to eat and drink
Her daily swims were really neat
She swam in the bathtub and the kitchen sink.
At night her bed was a cat carrier
With a heating pad and a fuzzy chicken
In their bedroom the carrier was put
Soon she thought she was a queen.
A new home she had found
"Tooties" soon became her name
As she grew and gotten older
Her home became a child's play pen.
Vina Carathers
September 8, 2007
All too soon, Tooties was growing up fast
Jumping up and out of the play pen
That was when Donna first decided
A screened in patio would be keen.
Teaching her to sleep outdoors didn't work at all
Three nights of fussing from Tooties, we needed quite
Relenting, they let her in and off she scrambled
To the bedroom as we watched was a delight.
Tooties got her screened in patio
She's living the life of "Lady Queen"
She has her own 2-foot wading pool
A 300-gallon pool with a rock to sit and preen.
Tooties is not just a goose
She is a full-pledged "HOUSE GOOSE:
She has her own bedroom now
To George and Donna, she really "coos".
Tooties is a great helper
She follow George and "honks" at him
If he should get in her way
She'll peck him on his lower limb
George feeds Tooties from the table
"You're daddy's girl," he tells Tooties
Baby taking in a loving voice
As she continues to eat the goodies.
Now George has a new name title
"Father Goose" is now well known
This Canadian Goose has him trained
For now Tooties is Queen on the throne.
This "House Goose" comes and goes
She loves her new adopted home
As if she owned the place
Nevermore will Tooties roam.