November, 2005 - Nr. 11
Pumpkin Surprise
There once was a boy named Charley,
Who went to the field on his Harley.
What he found was amazing:
A cow that was grazing
A crow on a tree
A mouse running free
A buzzard aloft
A bunny so soft,
A fox quite red,
Slinking listless around
A cat that’s so sad,
Because the mice are so bad,
Hiding in earth holes,
Playing with blind moles.
As he walked through the patch
Passing through a wood hatch
He believed not his eyes:
I do not tell lies,
Amidst grasses and clover,
Just east of the creek,
Near the weeping willow
Laid a snow-white pillow
With a pumpkin atop!
Charley came to a sudden stop.
Next to it on the ground
A glass slipper was to be found.
One pillow, one pumpkin,
Where is the munchkin?
Answers to riddles can only be found
If you are quite smart with a mind very sound.
Charley of course knew right away
What this was and what to say:
Simsalabim, glass-slipper in hand,
Cinderella’s the fairest in this land.
Her carriage awaits you too go to the ball,
In the Manor that’s called St. Hill Hall.
But whatever you do, make sure you get home
Before the clock strikes midnights very last tone.
Sybille Forster-Rentmeister
Copyright ©2005 Sybille Forster-Rentmeister
