Toadaroo or Kangaroad, that´s the question.

Do you remember the beginning of the poem "The Toad and the Kangaroo" by Shel Silverstein?


Said the Toad to the Kangaroo,

"I can hop and so can you,
So if we marry we'll have a child

Who can jump a mountain or hop a mile

And we can call it a Toadaroo"

Said the hopeful Toad to the Kangaroo.


Said the Kangaroo, "My dear,

What a perfectly lovely idea.

I would most gladly marry you,

But as for having a Toadaroo,

I'd rather we call it a Kangaroad",

Said the Kangaroo to the frowning Toad.
  
 
These are some of the endings you have made up for the poem:

"Said the kangaroo to the toad

'my lovely toad,

why don´t we take your hand

and leave the lucky coin spin

while you pray hopping

in your mind'.

Finally the coin stopped

and hopefully the toad won". (by Víctor R.)

"In the end, someone had to give up

because they wished a little child

only one name could have

or one of the parents would become sad.

Said the toad to the kangaroo:

'But how are we going to have a baby?

That´s something that is making me crazy!'

Said the kangaroo:"I think you´re very lazy!

If a child you want to have, just we´ll call it Daisy'

So in the end Daisy the child was called.

It was a strange mixture of a toad and a kangaroo,

a strange child from a strange couple". (by Eva B.) 

"They told a bird their story,

and the bird smiled happily.

'I have a plan

First, you have to calm.

If you have two babies,

I think maybe,

one could be called one way, the second the other,

they would be brothers'.

So since that moment for a lot of generations

they lived happily with the bird´s lessons". (by Lidia J.)

"So they argue all the days

because they want first their names.

Finally they stopped arguing.

They didn´t want to have a child,

they only wanted to marry

and have a happy life". (by David J.)

"As they disagree on each other´s idea

the toad went to Korea.

There he found a beautiful frog,

but she was in love with a dog!

So he continued looking for someone to love.

When he arrived in Japan,

he found a beautiful elephant.

But his father, who was very big,

wanted his daughter to marry a pig!

The toad returned to the kangaroo,

Their love was finally true.

So they got happily married,

and had one baby,

called Kangaroad,

as wished the toad." (By Paula J.)



Good work to you all! I love your endings, they are much happier than Shel Silverstein´s. Here it is:

"So they argued but couldn't agree
On Rangatoo or Kangaree
And finally the Toad said, "I don't give a dang
If it's Rootakoad or Toadakang--
I really don't feel like marrying you!"
"Fine with me," said the Kangaroo.

And the Toad had no more to say,
And the Kangaroo just hopped away.
And they never married or had a child
That could jump a mountain or hop a mile.
What a loss--what a shame--
Just 'cause they couldn't agree on a name".