sue's cow
a children's book by dave brown

i once knew this girl
her name was Sue
she'd go to the zoo
with her friend stu

sue and stu would look at sows
they always found them there, somehow
but their favorite thing of all was cows
i know this all. don't ask me how

so one day at their favorite zoo
when sue took stu and stu took sue
to see the little piggy sows
sue said to stu "i want a cow"

so stu said "fine. but first, let's dine
i'm rather quite hungry, so if you don't mind
i know a place that suits us well
it's called hambergers"
(they didn't know how to spell)

so stu took sue to have a meal
and stu told sue to try some veal
she did and said "oh my! how tasty!!"
and stu just grinned quite menacingly

he said "you like that? it's tasty, right?"
sue nodded and bit off another bite
"how do they make this, stu? tell me how!"
"get this, sue...it's made from dead baby cow!"

sue spit out her bite and started to cry
i find this amusing, don't ask me why.
"i'd much rather have eaten some pork"
said sue, who then killed stu with a fork.

sue found this relieving and let out a sigh
"i still want a cow" said sue to her guy
but sorry to say, stu didn't reply
he was dead, you see, because sue killed him.

so sue left stu and went to the zoo
to look for the cows, what else would she do?
she came up upon them and reached for her prod
"i wouldn't do that, sue" said god.

sue shrugged that away
and started to drool
once she had this cow
sue would rule.

so sue zapped the poor beast
but not for a feast
it fell at her feet
she liked this part the least

sue pulled out a rope
and she tied up the cow
and she took the thing home
nothing could stop her, now

sue named the cow "poke"
once it awoke
and then with a moo
the cow, poke, spoke

"hello, sue, I come from the zoo
it's where i belong, and that much is true
so please take me back. take me back, sue.
or else i'll eat your baby like you ate mine."