Ribbit Ribbit Ribbit
A frog jumped on my head
and said Ribbit ribbit ribbit.
I said, What’s your name?
It said, Phillip Phillip Phillip.
I asked, What do you like?
It said, Cricket cricket cricket.
So I threw it a ball
and it hit it hit it hit it.
I asked, What’s your favourite animal?
It said, Piglet piglet piglet.
I said, Shall we have lunch?
It said, Picnic picnic picnic.
But my brother walked in
and tried to flick it flick it flick it
so the frog jumped away
now I miss it miss it miss it.
and said Ribbit ribbit ribbit.
I said, What’s your name?
It said, Phillip Phillip Phillip.
I asked, What do you like?
It said, Cricket cricket cricket.
So I threw it a ball
and it hit it hit it hit it.
I asked, What’s your favourite animal?
It said, Piglet piglet piglet.
I said, Shall we have lunch?
It said, Picnic picnic picnic.
But my brother walked in
and tried to flick it flick it flick it
so the frog jumped away
now I miss it miss it miss it.
This poem is copyright (©) Carl Burkitt 2025

About the Writer
Carl Burkitt
Carl likes telling tales. He tells long tales, short tales, silly tales, sad tales. He tells them online, behind a mic, in books, in schools, and on the sofa with his young family. His debut kids’ collection, Elephants Sleep in Bunk Beds, was published by Beir Bua in 2021.