Worms for Two
By Anthony E
Soggy and wet, wet and soggy
Makes me all mushy, smushy, and groggy
Maybe that's nice for tadpole and froggy
But I want dry land like rabbit and doggy
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My parents are blue gills and I'm their daughter
I've never really been fond of all of this water
I want dry land, a park, a teeter totter
Anything but wet slippy, drippy water
To be a bird in the air, to be a hawk or a crow
To be a human sitting beneath the skies below
To hear a train whistle, to feel the wind blow
Anywhere, everywhere without this H2O
I'd like to be a climber, like a ram or goat
Or a fire breathing dragon with a blaze in its throat
I want to wear clothes, skinny jeans, and a coat
Anything, anything that lives far from a boat
So I swam across the bay, next to the shore
All my fishy warnings I chose to ignore
I felt the soft white sand of the beach floor
No more drips and drops, water no more
Being an amphibian made it difficult to leave
I wore a small oxygen mask so I could breathe
I wore sandals on my fins it was hard to believe
I met a sly smiling raccoon his name was Steve
We walked into Steve's tree, it was just him and me
He had something very important for me to see
As I climbed inside, Steve poured me some tea
A strange feeling swam deep inside of me
Steve made me dinner, oh what a thrill
To eat on land, in a tree, on a hill
I asked what's for dinner and was suprisingly still
Steve grinned and answered, "Fresh Caught Bluegill"
I was dinner? I couldn't even blink
He'd boil me and foil me, now doesn't that stink
He put me on the counter, I had no time to think
But I saw running water, a drain, and a sink
I made a break for the drain
I had no time to explain
Went through the pipes and out I came
Into my bay, I only had myself to blame
I was lucky to be where it's wet
Where raccoons can't swim and get
Get bluegills with their claws or nets
I won't be anyone's dinner, not just yet
The thrill of dry land never faded away
I made it back to the beach later one summer day
Then fell deeply in love with a lovely bluejay
And lived happily ever after, sharing worms by the bay.
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The End....
Author Notes: Short children's story about discovery and expanding our minds with the thrill of a new experience.
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