need summary for the poem THE NEWCOMERS by brian patten?

Question

plz help me to write passage about this poem...
its my class homework for tomorow..
plz reply soon...
The Newcomer


'There's something new in the river,'
The fish said as it swam.
'It's got no scales, no fins and no gills,
And ignores the impassable dam.'

'There's something new in the trees.'
I heard a bloated thrush sing.
'It's got no beak, no claws, and no feathers,
And not even the ghost of a wing.'

'There's something new in the warren,'
Said the rabbit to the doe.
'It's got no fur, no eyes and no paws,
Yet digs further than we dare go.'

'There's something new in the whiteness,'
Said the snow-bright polar bear.
'I saw its shadow on a glacier,
But it left no pawmarks there.'

Through the animal kingdom
The news was spreading fast.
No beak, no claws, no feather,
No scales, no fur, no gills,
It lives in the trees and the water,
In the soil and the snow and the hills,
And it kills and it kills and it kills.

Brian Patten

need full summary..

Answer 1

The summary, in the form of a riddle, is in the last paragraph:

Through the animal kingdom
The news was spreading fast.
No beak, no claws, no feather,
No scales, no fur, no gills,
It lives in the trees and the water,
In the soil and the snow and the hills,
And it kills and it kills and it kills.

Looks like Patten is talking about us humans, eh? We can live and adapt to any sort of climate, overcome the obstacles faced by other creatures, but we have a terrible power to kill off other creatures.

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Cheers,
Bruce