Online:How the Kwama Lost His Shoes

In the ash and sand of Stoneyfalls

the little kwama lost his way

He hurps and durps, to his mother calls

but the volcanoes do not sway.

The Forager passed him

burbling then, with sand and skrit upon his back

He tripped and lost his front-right shoe

and wished he'd brought some kind of snack.

The Worker rawped him

chiding then, angry at the loss of time

He tripped and lost his back-left shoe

and skittered legs-past, up to climb.

The Warrior snarled him

fighting then, bites and snaps at nasty shalk

He tripped and lost both-other-shoes

avoiding monsters, things that stalk.

The Queen found him then

cries and leaks all down his face

She cracked his chitin for those lost shoes

and ate him squealing for his disgrace.