Little Bunny Foo Foo facts for kids

Little Bunny Foo Foo is a fun children's poem or song. It tells the story of a bunny rabbit who causes trouble. This bunny, named Foo Foo, keeps bothering field mice. He scoops them up and bops them on their heads!

A special fairy called the "Good Fairy" sees this. She scolds the bunny and warns him to stop. If he doesn't behave, she threatens to turn him into a "goon".

The song has four-line parts that are sung. These parts are separated by spoken words. You sing the verses to the tune of an old French-Canadian children's song called "Alouette". This tune is similar to "Down by the Station" and the "Itsy Bitsy Spider". People often use hand gestures when they sing it, like pretending to scoop and bop.

The Story of Little Bunny Foo Foo

The song follows a simple story. Little Bunny Foo Foo is hopping through the forest. He finds the field mice and starts to bother them.

The Good Fairy then appears. She tells the bunny off. She gives him three chances to stop his bad behavior. Each time he misbehaves, he loses a chance.

What Happens in the Song

Here is how one popular version of the song goes:

Little Bunny Foo Foo,
Hopping through the forest,
Scooping up the field mice,
And bopping them on the head.

(Spoken)
Down came the Good Fairy, and she said,

"Little Bunny Foo Foo,
I don't want to see you,
Scooping up the field mice
And bopping them on the head."

(Spoken)
"I'll give you three chances,
And if you don't behave,
I'm gonna turn you into a goon!"

The next day... (or That evening... or Later that night...)

The song repeats this pattern. The bunny keeps scooping and bopping. The Good Fairy keeps warning him. The spoken part changes each time to show how many chances are left. It goes from "I'll give you two more chances" to "I'll give you one more chance."

The Final Chance

When Little Bunny Foo Foo runs out of chances, the spoken part changes one last time:

"I gave you three chances,
And you didn't behave,
And now I'm gonna turn you into a goon. POOF!"

At the end, the Good Fairy turns Little Bunny Foo Foo into a "goon." Sometimes, the word "bopping" is changed to "kissing" in the song.

The Song's Ending

A common way the song ends is with a funny pun. A pun is a play on words. The ending often says: "And the moral of the story is: Hare today, goon tomorrow." This is a clever way to finish the story. It uses "hare" (another word for a rabbit) to sound like "here." This type of story with a pun ending is also known as a feghoot.