A RHYMING STORY

Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 80, 28 December 1929, Page 24

A RHYMING STORY

A fish he would adventuring go, so he hired a boat, to start for a row. His family, four, stood right by the 1 door, and said: “We'd like to come, too —oh!” So in they leapt, and sailed away with lightsome spirits and straw hats gay. Over the waves all tipped with foam, they started around the world to roam, their hearts all light with glee —oh! Said Ferdinand Fish: “I spy a sailcan it be a boat or the tail of a whale? Said Freddy Fish: “Oh, goodness me I I hopes whales don’t like fish for tea, for, if they do, I greatly fear our sojourn won't be lengthy here! Adventures may be very fine when one is not upon the brine, but in the sight of land -oh!” The captain raised bls glass to his eye, and roaied, in nautical tones: “I spy! But not a boat and not a whale and not a vestige of a sail, but fust an isle ’mid cocoanut palm—there really is no cause for alarm!” “Oh, isn’t there!” roared a mighty breeze, as hurrying by with cough and wheeze, he blew young Freddie’s hat in the sea, with never an apo-10-gy. But Francis Fish— always so polite—swam gallantly with main and nilght and, though the wind made an awful din. retrieved t.’>e hat on the end of his the Island they started to wend their way, intending to make a lengthy stay and find some wondrous treasures—oh! When they found they hadn't a comb or brush —(they’d started off in such a rush!)—no nighties either, in their boat, 'cos they hadn’t been used to being afloat! Their adventures, therefore, were mild, not nt all of the kind that are woolly and wild, for they jus went home in time for tea —and never eien invited me!