Walt and Melvin
Walt and Melvin,
Were two little boys
Who were both bored
With their ordinary toys
Walt looked up to the table,
And said to Mel
"Do you think we will be able,
To make a new toy with that?"
"What's that?" said Mel,
Putting on his dunces' hat.
Mum's watermelon she bought us to eat
An enormous watermelon,
Mum thought it would be a treat
Do you think we are able?
To lift it off the table.
And lift it off they did
They scooped out the middle
And cut off the lid
It amazed both the children
What secrets this fruit hid.
When they had finished
This giant fruit said,
Get in, boys,
Although it was time to go to bed
As they got in, the Melon made a toot,
And up into the sky, this vehicle did shoot.
You may be thinking that the boys
Might be afraid.
They were delighted with
The magic toy they made.
The watermelon was magic,
That was for sure.
It conversed with the twinkling stars,
And the creatures on the
Shore.
They poked their tongues out at the moon,
As they went rushing by,
Honked at a fat pig,
Who said that pigs could not fly?
They saw a meteor falling from the sky.
They all laughed and shouted out.
Thanks for dropping by.
They saw pink elephants,
And other animals too,
All different colours,
To animals seen in the Zoo.
The watermelon was,
The greatest of fun,
Sadly he told the boys,
They had to return to Mum,
The giant fruit turned around,
And with the loudest Boom
The two little boys were sitting,
Crossed leg in the dining room.
Both looking at the table,
Where the watermelon had sat,
Sadly it had landed on the floor,
With a resounding SPLAT!
Copyright © Shirley Hawkins | Year Posted 2022
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