Nancy The Ostrich Poem by Pamela lutwyche

Nancy, the ostrich is bright yellow. She is not black and white as you think her maybe. She has dyed her feathers to an incredible yellow. She is a golden girl with a bounce in her step. She is young and pretty and full of happiness. She is running around on a bright summer’s day. All she wants to do is play and dream dream’s that young bird’s dream on this summer’s day. The other ostriches have their heads stuck in the sand and they have no interest in a silly Nancy running around. They think she is quite silly, so they do not look at her at all. They cannot see what fun Nancy is having. They do not want to know, but Nancy does not care what they think. She is having fun. She is pretending to be a big chicken and very convincing she is too. She is clucking and dancing. She is having a great time. She does not want to put her head in the sand and miss all this fun. She can see the fresh flowers with the sway of trees and the humming of the little bumble bees. She is clucking in time with the beat, to the thump, thump, of her feet. Now, you can join Nancy and be a big chicken too. Just follow Nancy, she will show you what to do! Look, Nancy the ostrich is bright yellow
She is having fun playing in the sun
She is definitely not hurting anyone.

She has to do what a girl wants to do!
She can’t put her head in the sand
Like those silly other ostrich’s
They don’t look all that grand

Infact what is the matter with them
Hiding their heads away
Don’t they want to see the sun?
That’s shining brightly here today

Do you think we could persuade them?
To come out and play
Do you think we could make them pretend to be
big chickens for just one day?