Happy Hippo, Angry Duck

Hello little person. How are you today? 

Is your mood quite terrific or only just okay? 

Are you happy like a hippo or angry like a duck? 

Maybe sad as a chicken? 

Can you sadly say 'cluck cluck'? 

Are you grumpy as a moose? Or excited as a dog? 

Worried as a rabbit? Contented as a frog? 

Perhaps like a pig, you are sweetly amused. 

Or perhaps like a cow you're completely confused. 

You might feel that somehow you've lost all your fizz 

or you're frazzled like a, um, frazzled thing 

(I'm not sure what that is). 

Well I hope you are happy but if you are not 

you have friends who will help you, we like you a lot. 

And a difficult mood is not here to stay - 

everyone's moods will change day to day. 

Unless you're that duck - he's always this way.

Who knew children's board books could be so insightful?