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The Woggaldy-Woo (A fun story poem for children)
By Josie
25 May 2008
 This is one of my very early poems, but it has never been on Great Writing.  I hope you like it.  Children, it seems, like characters with strange names, and they don't come much stranger than this character.
With voice recording:  http://www.whiteheadm.co.uk/html/woggledy.htm#woggal




               Have you heard of the Woggaldy-woo
               Who lives in a tree in the north of Peru?  
                  He hasn't been seen for millions of years -  
                  If what they say is true. 

               He is short and fat, in a woggaldy-way
               And it looks as if he's there to stay.    
                  You can hear him singing songs at night -     
                  But never in the day.

                The song he sings is a Woggaldy-Why;                 
               If you heard it sang, you'd want to cry.  
                  It's so terribly sad and so terribly long -  
                  If it's true and not a lie. 

               He swims in the river called Woggaldy-wee          
                They say it's a lovely place to be                             
                   And the fishes just love to swim there too  -    
                  And it's very near the sea.

                So whenever you visit them in Peru,
               Watch out at night for the Woggaldy-Woo,    
                  And listen for the sorrowful song      
                  Of  the lonely Woggaldy-Woo.       





Copyright 2008                                                                      

Reviews

Written by coosh (850 comments posted) 25th May 2008
Must have missed this at the tourist information office in Lima - is that an indigenous name? Very sweet, in a nonsensicial Edward Lear/Lewis Carroll kinda way - dread the thought of a dip in a river called Woggaldy-wee!!! - nice, gentle and entertaining.

Written by mia_ms_kim (997 comments posted) 25th May 2008
What a fun poem even for adults. Arouses our curiosity as to what kind of creature this is. It would be interesting to ask children to describe what Woggaldy-woo 
looked like in their mind. 
 
Mia ;)
Right Up!
Written by Katanga (1182 comments posted) 25th May 2008
Josie - this is so much right up my street! 
 
So glad you dug this up from the past! 
 
Love it! Love it! Love it! 
 
Can't say much more, can I? 
 
Except that I'm a bit widdly-woo and tiddly-poo 
 
I'm itching to do more children's work. 
 
As ever . . .  
 
John X 
 
Sang / Sung?
Written by Katanga (1182 comments posted) 25th May 2008
I hate to be a pain, Josie, but check your past participles! 
 
Ha! Ha! 
 
John X
Neat little poem!
Written by beatricelouise (215 comments posted) 25th May 2008
Kind of makes me think of Dr. Seuss. Just the type of poem kids love, and grown-ups too.  
 
Loved it! 
 
BL :)

Written by Josie (2780 comments posted) 25th May 2008
Thank you all for your reviews. Mia, he is a strange little creature for sure. I am quite sure that Nathan will have an idea of what he looks like. Ask him to draw a picture of him looking out of the leaves at the top of a tree, and he can send it to me. If it is good, we can scan it and put it with the poem on our website. He would like that. I have a graphic of what I think he looks like, but Nathan would know more about it. Coosh - you must be a young person, because the only time I read this to children, they were all quiet and deep in thought, but the mention of swimming in the river called the Woggaldy-Wee brought a change to their faces all right. Yes, they liked that name for obvious reasons. I had to think long and hard for this name but it was the right one. There is another instalment of this story coming. 
 

Written by coosh (850 comments posted) 26th May 2008
Flattered! Maybe the mental age of 3! Will sort out the audio at some point.

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