The poem describes the destruction of a natural habitat and its wildlife by bulldozers. On the day the bulldozers came, various animals like rooks, squirrels, and a fox were going about their daily activities in the trees and woods until the ground started trembling from the approaching bulldozers, threatening their homes. The themes highlighted are the destruction of nature, how change is inevitable but can endanger wildlife, and the moral message is about protecting the environment, flora and fauna from uncontrolled deforestation and development.

1. BY: DAVID ORME

2. The day the bulldozers came
Rooks were building
Crazy egg baskets in the
oaks;
Green flies sizzled by the
pond
And a cold-eyed toad
Waited for them.

3. The day the bulldozers came
Squirrels were scattering
Up tree trunks,
And leapt from branches
That were hardly there.

4. The fox
Stirred in his sleep
As the ground trembled.
‘Ha ha!’ he thought,
‘I’m quite safe,
Deep down in the Earth,
No one can get me here.’
Then the bulldozer came.

5. THEMES
•Destruction of nature
•Change is inevitable
•Deforestation
•Endangered wildlife

6. MORAL VALUES
•We should save our
environment.
•We should protect our flora
and fauna.
•We need to stop deforestation.
•Uncontrolled development is a
threat to wildlife and mankind.