The “Chicken”

The children headed down the path

Their parents told them, “No!”

“Go ahead!” said Billy Taff

“Mother said I ought not go”

Billy and his dog stayed still

He sat upon his bike

The other kids rode down a hill

“Now I can’t see them, Spike!”

“Chicken Billy!” he heard that

Then suddenly a scream!

He saw a flying baseball cap

A flying wooden beam!

Billy and Spike went quickly home

Told mother what they’d done

His father tapping on his phone

Calling 911

The story in the paper sad

The kids who did not listen

They got hurt really bad

The ones who called him “chicken”