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Why did the chicken cross the road? is an old question with many answers. The most obvious is of course "to get to the other side", while my personal favourite is "because it would take too long to walk around it".
Whenever you have grown tired of answering the question, you can do other things with the concept. Write a song about it, for instance. This one is written to a Norwegian tune ("Hompetitten") that I doubt many of my foreign readers have ever heard, so feel free to make up a tune on your own...
There once was a chicken who stood by the road And plotlines will thicken if they are allowed I'll tell you the story if you will abide (!) The chicken ran off to the other side! Oh! Little chicken, tell me what you had to cross the road for Tell me where you're heading or you'll never be allowed more Crossing the road is a dangerous trade but you seem to think you're of iron made! You'll cross the road again if you're allowed again :/:You'll cross the road if you're allowed:/: to cross the road again! The chicken did run at a furious pace A shot from a gun would do less to amaze And when she had come¹ to the opposite ditch She stuck out her thumb for a ride to hitch! Oh! Little chicken, tell me what you had to cross the road for Tell me where you're heading or you'll never be allowed more Crossing the road is a dangerous trade but you seem to think you're of iron made! You'll cross the road again if you're allowed again :/:You'll cross the road if you're allowed:/: to cross the road again! |
¹Must be pronounced "cum" to make a proper (??) rhyme.