Joyful Noise by Paul Fleischman

Author:Paul Fleischman
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins

Whirligig Beetles

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We’re whirligig beetles

we’re swimming in circles, We’re whirligig beetles

black backs by the hundred. we’re swimming in circles,

black backs by the hundred.

We’re spinning and swerving

We’re spinning and swerving as if we were on a

as if we were on a mad merry-go-round.

mad merry-go-round.

We never get dizzy

from whirling and weaving We never get dizzy

and wheeling and swirling. from whirling and weaving

and wheeling and swirling.

The same goes for turning,

The same goes for turning, revolving and curving,

revolving and curving, gyrating and twirling.

gyrating and twirling.

The crows fly directly,

but we prefer spirals, The crows fly directly,

arcs, ovals, and loops. but we prefer spirals,

arcs, ovals, and loops.

We’re fond of the phrase

“As the whirligig swims” “As the whirligig swims”

meaning traveling by

the most circular

circular roundabout

roundabout backtracking

backtracking indirect

indirect serpentine

serpentine tortuous

tortuous twisty and

twisty, turny,

best possible best possible

route. route.

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