| If you go down to the woods tonight You better go in disguise If you go down to the woods tonight You may get a bad surprise... |  Illustration © 2016 Chris Riddell |
For there in the thick of the gnarliest trees
The bears are all meeting where nobody sees
And this ain't no picnic, no honey-bears laugh
Whatever you do, don't stray from the path
They've crept from their caves, in wild,distant lands
Come down from the mountains, to talk through their plans
Escaped from the zoos, where they've watched from their cages
And bring ancient wisdom passed down through the ages
From the grizzlies and cubs in the far northern climes
To toothsome big beasts of our nursery rhymes
And the bears in the books wearing striped scarves or ties
To the teddies who stare from our beds with glass eyes
Yes, their time is coming, to the woods near you
hey know what they know and they'll do what they do
Bears of all colours, all sizes, all claws
They're coming, each bear that ever there was
So if you must go to the woods tonight
you better not go alone
No really, don't go to the woods tonight
it's better to stay safe at home
Poem © 2016 Laura Louise Stewart
Illustration © 2016 Chris Riddell
Illustration © 2016 Chris Riddell
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