Open House

By: Aileen Fisher

If I were a tree

I'd want to see

a bird with a song

on a branch of me.

I'd want a quick

little squirrel to run

up and down

and around, for fun.

I'd want the cub

of a bear to call,

and a porcupine, big,

and a tree toad, small.

I'd want a katydid

out of sight

on one of my leaves

to sing at night.

And down by my roots

I'd want a mouse

with six little mouselings

in her house.