It was cold, so everyone huddled together
Mumbling about the unbearable weather
“I wish it were warmer!” they whined. “We miss sweat!”
“And furthermore, why are our feet soaking wet?”
Then a man came along and informed the cold huddle:
“You’re wet ‘cause you’re standing inside of a puddle!”
The huddlers continued to mumble and frown
The man said, “It’s true! It’s a puddle! Look down!”
But the huddlers were huddled quite tight; chin to chin
They couldn’t look down to see what they were in
And so they continued to whine and to fret
And wonder why all of their feet were so wet
The man said, “Unhuddle, and then you will see!”
But the huddlers said, “No! We’re as cold as can be.”
And so they kept standing, confused, in their puddle.
Some people
just don’t like to be un-befuddled.
