Feb Phenom – sent along by a friend’s mother!
The groundhog is a bucktoothed little rodent
Who sleeps away the winter in the ground.
But once a year there comes his special moment,
When February second comes around.
It’s then that he’s awakened from his slumbers,
And finds that he’s been put upon display
To TV lights and crews in countless numbers,
And all because, they say, it’s “Groundhog Day!”
When he, obliging, lets them take their pictures,
Obliging, casts his shadow in the sun,
And when at last they’ve carted off their fixtures,
The annual tomfoolery is done.
Then, weary of the lights and noise and action,
He sleepily retires to his den,
And, smugly, takes his quiet satisfaction
In knowing that he’s conned them, once again!
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“(CNN)The groundhog hath spoken! Welcome to six more weeks of winter. On Friday morning, Punxsutawney Phil scurried out of his little marmot hole and saw his shadow. This omen indicates a long winter. Great. Why do we do this?
“Groundhog” is a misnomer (not a porcine), and not as catchy as “Woodchuck” but a fun tradition!
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?