Teacher’s Pet

What sort of creature 
is a teacher’s pet?
What sort of pet
would a teacher get? 

Would it be a mongoose?
Would it be a snake?
Would it be a vampire
with a thirst to slake?

Would it be a bulldog
or a Pekinese?
Would it be a cuddly kitten
or a tomcat full of fleas?

Would it be a blue-eye?
Would it be a swot?
What sort of pet
has your teacher got?

From Robocat. Published by Bloomsbury, 1998.