A Visit to Grass Town - Efua Sutherland

We’ve never seen a caterpillar just like this. 

It seems to have a horn on its hairy head.

Come for a walk with us.

The field where grass and bushes grow

is just like a town–a secret town.

Under the grass are streets

where busy ants scurry to work.

All over the field are houses

that police birds and mason wasps build.

Orange butterflies with long trailing wings 

fly everywhere.

And Bireku, the time bird, calls the time.

Some days we also see the wind

running through the grass.

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Efua Theodora Sutherland 91924 - 1996) Ghana

Source: Friends of Mmofra