Double, Double, Toil and Trouble
Double, Double, Toil and Trouble
Or Dragon Hood and the Secret of the Burning Pants
Our traveling actor trolls, came home to help with ‘Shakespeare in the Park’.
We wanted ‘Romeo and Juliet’, our neighborhood witches wanted ‘Mac Beth.’
Dragon wanted only happy endings…From Shakespeare? Yeah… R.I.G.H.T!
Suddenly everyone was doing their own thing, I thought, many times that night!
‘Lord have Mercy on our souls!’ As I saw Shakespeare turning over in his grave!
The Witches were doing the Cauldron scene, as it toiled and bubbled a real spell.
But we’d convinced them to make a love potion, instead of a nasty one, do tell!
Dragon wanted to be Prince Charming, but Disney wouldn’t be found in our play.
So we sent him to light the bonfire and torches that were to light up the way.
We settled for Dragon as a cupid, circling the balcony scene, up high, instead.
He was miffed, when he found Romeo, was his rival, the Sheriff of Crazy Land!
Yep, Dragon was in his Dragon Hood mode as he zoomed down to end this then…
And he was in his Dragon Hood Cape! Now, How’d he got that darn thing in?
Fortunately, his bows and arrows, were Nerf! But his intent was not, you see!
But remember this is OUR Dragon Hood, an archer HE is NOT or will ever BE!
In his jealous, seething dislike of the sheriff…he let those arrows fly… full swing!
Many landed in and splashed the witches’ brew! Anointing everybody, all around!
Yep, they were watching Romeo, so in love with Romeo, they all did become!
Now the brew was the work of 3 witches. So, Yeah! It was undeniably triple strong!
The entire audience jumped up and turned into a mob heading for their heartthrob.
You should’ve seen the look of panic, on his face, as he decided to get out of town.
But dear sweet Romeo was surrounded by now, with his back up against the wall.
Grandpa Troll stomped his feet, making an earthquake, taking all, to the ground.
Yep, he bought me enough time, to allow me to save Romeo, to get him far away.
As I jumped from behind Juliet to upon Dragon’s neck… to clamp his mouth shut.
Flame broiled Romeo was not going to happen, on my watch! I was sure, of that!
So we grabbed Romeo, flew him to the lake. Naturally, the crowd turned our way.
And you should have heard our Romeo scream, dangling 30 foot off the ground!
But it might have been because a torch, it seems, had lit his Romeo pants on fire!
Dumping Romeo in the lake, we put out the fire! Fortunately, the mob followed…
Yep, into the lake, washing off the potion, ahhh, finally, the problem was solved!
Though it’s said the fish were VERY friendly for about a week or two.
And as for the witches performance of ‘Mac Beth’, as they said:
Double, double, toil and trouble… Fire burn and Caldron Bubble…
For a charm of powerful Trouble… Like a Hell broth boil and bubble…
I now know what that means…
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