Curious Indeed

Curious Indeed A tiny Ruuk unclasped his hook dropped, nay, plopped into the brook Swiftly picked by glassy water tumbling one way tumbling the other Hurrah at last he could see the sky as trees and branches sped on by they glowered, that realm of Ruuk some aghast, some with funny looks “Oh foolish thing, what have you done left a tree where once you clung Below you lies the dark unknown where it travels no one knows” But that poor Ruuk kept its tongue... growing so cold and terribly numb They say he died when freezing water soaked him while he slipped deep under some say he still swims with fishes or that my tale be damn ridiculous “There ain't no such thing as Ruuk and more fool you who go and look” But I say Ruuk's be real as me living their lives up high in trees Invisible mostly, well behaved studious but sometimes... just sometimes... one feels brave