Below is my entry for the Spring Fling Kidlit Contest 2025 #SpringFlingKidlit and it was inspired by this free .GIF created by PicMix: https://en.picmix.com/pic/Animals-donkey-spring-11030154#google_vignette
Donkey, Monkey, and a Little Bit of Both
by Claudia Sloan
Copyright (c) 2025 Claudia Sloan, all rights reserved.
150 words
Hi, I’m donkey!
I eat barley straw, live in the farm and carry flowers every spring.
… And I bray: HEE-HAW
Hi, I’m monkey!
I eat bananas, live in the jungle and swing through trees.
… And I chatter: OOH-OOH-AAAH
I could eat bananas!
I could eat barley straw!
Switch places? Here, wear my monkey feet.
HEE-HAW, HEE-HAW, OOH-OOH-AAAH
It works! Here, wear my donkey hooves.
OOH-OOH-AAAH, OOH-OOH-AAAH, HEE-HAW
Life in donkey shoes.
Hooves!
Carrying them is hard, I rather smell the flowers.
Swinging is fun!
YUCK!
You’re not supposed to eat banana peel.
PEEHEW
And you should eat all the barley straw!
Don’t drop the flowers, it’s my job to carry those!
Don’t eat those seeds, my job is to disperse them!
Sleeping in a tree is not comfortable!
YAAAAWN!
Did you say something?
HEE-HAW, HEE-HAW, OOH-OOH-AAAH
Okay, okay! Here are your hooves back.
Your feet.
OOH-OOH-AAAH, OOH-OOH-AAAH, HEE-HAW
…Half donkey?