Grasshoppers, Crickets and Other Hopping Bugs

Grasshopper Hop, Hop, Hop ,
My, what strength
A grasshopper hops
Twenty times its length
Hop in the grass
Or on a single blade,
Hop in the sun
Or hop in the shade.

Farmer says, "Grasshopper,
Stay off my crop!"
There goes the grasshopper,
HOP, HOP, HOP

Crickets
by Helen Wing
What makes the crickets "crick" all night
And never stop to rest?
They must take naps in daytime
So at night they'll "crick" their best.
I wonder if they just take turns
And try to make it rhyme'
Or do a million crickets
Keep "cricking" all the time?

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