The Park Ranger

Written for an “Honors English” class in the spring of 2016.

There once was a kind Park Ranger

He lived for thrill and danger

In the Appalachian wilderness he roamed

And the skills of the forests he honed

He liked to fish and hike

And sometimes road his mountain bike

His job was to protect the forest’s creatures

And preserve earth’s natural features

If tourists or outdoorsmen found themselves lost

The Ranger would save them at no extra cost

Like a bear the burley ranger stood

He walked one hundred miles a day, or at least said that he could

Wondering, wandering, and whistling like the wind

In the strongest of storms his faith wouldn’t bend

The Park Ranger loved the earth on which he walked

And you could tell by the way that he talked