The Cow That Fell To Earth

I must be in Disney mood. Which makes my current entry all the more apt.
I never thought I could write a children's story till I took up playwriting in school. All of us had to base our idea on the title "The Cow That Fell To Earth". Most people in class wrote it in prose and had some really wonderful ideas. I wanted to be different and so I tried to write mine like a story in a poem, or a poem in a story...hmmm?? For some parts, I just couldn't think of rhyming words so yes, u'll see after the first stanza, the rhythm kinda got lost. My writer/director/actor teacher said I should submit this for some children's story competition, and offered to rework the rhythm for me. Before my poem becomes all polished and well refined, my maiden piece went something like this:

The Cow that Fell to Earth


The night I lie awake in bed
With covers pulled right over my head
You came you sat down and you said
Here’s a story now don’t be afraid

It began with once upon a time
In a land where the sun never shines
There lived a farmer with Gladys the bovine
Gladys was old but very bold
Stop wandering off, she kept being told

But one day the forgetful farmer left the gate wide open
So Gladys slipped right out from her haven
She went along the path she trodden
A million times she wouldn’t possibly have forgotten

The river would flow quietly on her right
While the crickets sang harmoniously out of sight
But tonight there was something shining bright
Something big round flat and white

Gladys tried to smell and touch the thing
But still she didn’t quite know what exactly it is
Soon Gladys got quite bored of it
Obstruct her path was all it did

She tried to kick it out of the way
Instead she yelled and squirmed in pain
Then an idea came to mind
Jump over it and I’ll be fine

So she moved back just a bit
Forward she ran and
Upwards she skipped

With a Moo and an ah
She got into the air
But hey, wait, that’s not by far the end
For up she went but lost her step
So off the face of the moon she leapt

What happened? I asked I wanted to know
You said go to sleep I’ll tell you tomorrow

That night I slept and then I dreamt
That what happened after was all a wreck
Gladys, fell onto earth
The ground she cracked
Heh hee I laughed
And that’s the end