All at Sea with Rat and Bee

 All alone, all alone on a raft out at sea,

Were a fluffy brown rat and a bright yellow bee.

And as the raft bobbed (up and down, down and up),

The rat and the bee discussed their bad luck;

For they’d now been adrift for two weeks and a night

And dry land and safety were nowhere in sight.

~ 

The rat and the bee, entirely alone,

Bickered about the bee’s mobile phone –

Which he’d carelessly left in the kitchen back home.

And as the sea rose, the raft let out a groan.

But no help was at hand, and no call could be made,

And the pair had run low on pink lemonade.

 ~ 

The sky became dark as clouds drifted low,

While away in the east, a wind started to blow.

“Oh no!” cried the rat, “a storm’s heading our way,

We’ll be tipped out of this boat by the end of the day!”

The bee had to agree, for he knew in his heart,

That their craft would be beaten and torn all apart.

 ~ 

As panic erupted aboard their small boat –

With the rat and the bee unsure they could float –

A small voice piped up and said very calmly,

“Settle down chaps, it’s no good going barmy;

At least not in a boat with water about,

‘Cause jumping around’s a sure way to fall out!”

~ 
 

Stunned into silence, the pair quietened down,

As the rat peered around with a huff and a frown.

"Who's out there?" he cried, "Show your face, let us see!"

Then with a whooosh and a whizzz past the rat and the bee,

Zoomed a silver blue dolphin with a silly big grin,

"So lovely to meet you," he cried, waving his fin.

 ~ 

“Now if you don’t mind, can I ask you a question –

Then after that, I’ll make a suggestion.

But first I must know – I have to find out –

Why a rat and a bee are bobbing about!

In all of my years spent swimming around,

A rat and a bee have never been found.”

~ 
 

“Ha!” laughed the rat, “You’d best ask the bee,

For he had the idea to get fish for our tea, and hired a boat to take us to sea!”

“It’s true,” the bee buzzed, “We set off from the coast,

Oh how I wish I’d craved baked beans on toast!

But there’s no point at all in sobbing and booing –

Not when a storm is bubbling and brewing.” 

 ~ 

“Agreed,” said the dolphin with a nod of his head

“Agreed,” said the rat who was longing for bed.

“Agreed,” said the bee who was missing TV –

“What we need now is to get out of the sea!”

The dolphin spun round and flipped up in the air,

“Then it’s time for my help, you funny old pair!”


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