""" ants3.py
    classic counting song
    further improvement with a list
"""

distraction = [
      "",
      "suck his thumb",
      "tie his shoe",
      "climb a tree"
      ]
      

def chorus():
    output = """
    ...and they all go marching
    down-
    to the ground-
    to get out-
    of the rain.
    Boom boom boom boom boom boom boom
    """
    return output

def verse(verseNum):
         
    problem = distraction[verseNum]
    output = """
    The ants go marching %(verseNum)d by %(verseNum)d hurrah, hurrah!
    The ants go marching %(verseNum)d by %(verseNum)d hurrah, hurrah!
    The ants go marching %(verseNum)d by %(verseNum)d,
    The little one stops to %(problem)s
    """ % vars()
    return output

for verseNum in range(1, len(distraction)):
    print verse(verseNum)
    print chorus()