Introduction: Take a poll and find out how many in the audience like lizards, dislike or fear them, or have no opinion. Of those with an opinion, find out what their feeling is based on. Then take a second poll to learn how many in the audience have used each of the five senses while observing lizards. That is, how many have looked at a lizard, listened to one, smelled one, touched one or tasted one? Then read this poem that gives one unusual view of lizards. Ask everyone to read the chorus along with you.
Song of the Lizard Lovers
By Jack Prelutsky
Chorus:
Lizard, oh lizard, we love you, we do.
There’s no finer reptile to nibble or chew.
No toad ever tickled our taste buds like you.
Lizard, oh lizard, we love you, we do.
We love eating lizard, so savory and sweet.
A meal without lizard is quite incomplete.
We love lizard in onion and oil,
we love lizard simmered, or brought to a boil.
Chorus:
Lizard, oh lizard, we love you, we do.
There’s no finer reptile to nibble or chew.
No toad ever tickled our taste buds like you.
Lizard, oh lizard, we love you, we do.
We love lizard gizzard, we love lizard legs,
we love lizard pickled, or scrambled with eggs.
We love lizard casserole, lizard on rye,
tongue of raw lizard still stuck to a fly.
Chorus:
Lizard, oh lizard, we love you, we do.
There’s no finer reptile to nibble or chew.
No toad ever tickled our taste buds like you.
Lizard, oh lizard, we love you, we do.
We love munching lizard with carrots and peas,
slathered with ketchup, or dripping with cheese.
We love lizard dumplings, and lizard flambe…
there’s nothing like lizard to brighten our day.
Chorus:
Lizard, oh lizard, we love you, we do.
There’s no finer reptile to nibble or chew.
No toad ever tickled our taste buds like you.
Lizard, oh lizard, we love you, we do.
From: Prelutsky, Jack. 2008. MY DOG MAY BE A GENIUS. Illustrated by James Stevenson. New York: Greenwillow Books. ISBN 978-0-06-623862-3
Extension:
After reading this poem aloud with the audience joining in during the chorus, someone is sure to notice that the poem could be made into a song. Have the children divide into groups and give different stanzas to each group. Have them try to find a tune that fits the words of the stanza. Several groups might work on the poem’s chorus. Let each group sing their portion of the poem.
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