A sad little frog named Fergus
Hung around the swamp all day
Whiling away the hours on his lily pad
Watching other little froggies play
They never got Fergus to join them
No matter how much they tried
For his heart still pined for Bessie
And at night he sat and cried
His friend, Buzy Bee tried to help him
And kept Fergus company all day
Laughing and telling him the latest buzz
But Fergus just made him go away
Bessie and Fergus were a golden couple
Or to be more precise, they were green
Making plans to marry and settle down
In a lily pad condo they had seen
Then one day Bessie up and left
Didn't leave her betrothed a note
Fergus searched until after dark
So dejected that he wanted to croak
Fergus bemoaned and wondered about
What could have been Bessie's fate
She may be in a French restaurant
On some rich connoisseur's plate
Time passed but Fergus always had hope
He knew he could never let her go
Until one day, Bessie came hopping back
With a dozen baby froggies in tow
Fergus leapt for joy and shouted, "Hooray!"
It was the best day he'd ever had
He hugged Bessie and kissed the kids
Then made an offer on a bigger lily pad
Kathleen McCoy Eldridge©
August 4, 2007
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