A Dragon Squirrel Brigade

A Dragon Squirrel Brigade Dragon got home from the Army, wanting to be totally, in control. He wanted to be a Drill Sergeant, to teach the recruits, to be bold. He gave them all a blankie, and a binkie they could keep, I am told. They’d throw a rock, and shoot in a blink, like the knight’s of old. He’d practice the squirrels, now, waging a fight, in an old Hawk War. A sling shot army, his name to fame, who could dare ask for more? An army waiting, as they fly at our birds, yep, here’d come the corps. The gumball tree is ready, yes, ammunition does abound, in galore! Yep, they’re better than those darn possums, I say, sleeping in the day. They’d Shoot, hanging upside down, slingshots and gumballs, into play. Dragon marched them up and down, the trunk, and limbs, in the array. They’d find the perfect spots, to shoot from, at their whim, in the foray. Seems, they also learned to jump, into an amazing flying squirrel act. The flying squirrel missed his target, got caught, in a boy’s hair, for a fact! A kid then threw rocks at the troops, as the hawks were forgot, you think! Unfortunately, they are squirrels, and some times, do some squirrelly things. They closed the town down, with a hornet’s nest in every Road. That stings! Nobody dared go down the streets, a curfew had been struck, in a blink. Yep, at that moment, the Hawk decided to stealthfully, swoop in for a bird. A gutter frog jumped on the hawk’s back, forcing him, to the ground, I heard. At that, our first hero was made, as gutter frogs joined the squirrel brigade. As the squirrel was removed from the boys’ hair, the barbershop became… A place for squirrel nesting supplies, so the curfew was lifted, fast as it came. A gutter frog offering this advice, became the new General, in this war game. Squirrels, were tired of marching, and being yelled at by Dragon, that night. They replaced him with the gutter frog, with less smoke and fire. Alright! But Dragon’s work was done that day, as the troops were ready to fight. Finally he was a Hero, for he had turned the tide… He was so very proud. The moral to my story is: The troops got a Drill Sergeant, but didn’t need him any more. A General is enough to carry on, for a Generals’ planning is better… Than a young Dragon’s power and fire… as, yes, Dragon went off to play. Written by Carol Eastman 2-8-2015