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The Pobble
who has no toes
Had once as many as we;
When they
said "Some day you may lose them all;"
He replied
"Fish, fiddle-de-dee!"
And his Aunt Jobiska made him
drink
Lavender water tinged with pink,
For she
said "The World in general knows
There's nothing so
good for a Pobble's toes!
"The Pobble who has no
toes
Swam across the Bristol Channel;
But before
he set out he wrapped his nose
In a piece of scarlet
flannel.
For his Aunt Jobiska said "No harm
Can
come to his toes if his nose is warm;
And it's
perfectly known that a Pobble's toes
Are safe,
-provided he minds his nose!"
The Pobble swam
fast and well,
And when boats or ships came near him,
He tinkledy-blinkledy-winkled a bell,
So that all the
world could hear him.
And all the Sailors and
Admirals cried,
When they saw him nearing the further
side -
"He has gone to fish for his Aunt Jobiska's
Runcible Cat with crimson whiskers!"
But before
he touched the shore,
The shore of the Bristol
Channel,
A sea-green porpoise carried away
His
wrapper of scarlet flannel.
And when he came to
observe his feet,
Formerly garnished with toes so
neat,
His face at once became forlorn,
On
perceiving that all his toes were gone!
And
nobody ever knew,
From that dark day to the present,
Whoso had taken the Pobble's toes,
In a manner so far
from pleasant.
Whether the shrimps, or crawfish grey,
Or crafty Mermaids stole them away -
Nobody knew:
and nobody knows
How the Pobble was robbed of his
twice five toes!
The Pobble who has no toes
Was placed in a friendly Bark,
And they rowed him
back, and carried him up
To his Aunt Jobiska's Park.
And she made him a feast at his earnest wish
Of eggs
and buttercups fried with fish, -
And she said
-"It's a fact the whole world knows,
That Pobbles are
happier without their toes!"
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