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(PUOlf)
speak politely to angry dragons
The Tales of Custard the Dragon
By Ogden Nash
Nice Safe Cage
But Custard keeps
down the stairs
And her little yellow dog
But presently up spoke
Belinda paled and
Belinda lived in a
little white house
she cried Help Help
With a little black kitten
and a little gray mouse
little dog Mustard
But Mustard fled
And a little yellow dog
and a little red wagon
with a terrified yelp
And a realio trulio
little pet dragon
and her little red wagon
I'd have been twice as brave
Ink trickled down to
Now the name of the
little black kitten was Ink
the bottom of the household
And the little gray mouse
she called her Blink
if I hadn't been flustered
And little mouse Blink
And the little yellow dog
was sharp as Mustard
strategical
ly mouseholed
But the dragon was a coward
and she called him Custard
Mustard is as
And her realio trulio
And up spoke Ink
But up jumped Custard
Custard the dragon had
big sharp teeth
snorting like an engine
And spikes on top of him
and scales underneath
and up spoke Blink
Clashed his tail like
Mouth like a fireplace
chimney for a nose
irons in a dungeon
And realio trulio
daggers on his toes
little pet dragon
We'd have been three times
With a clatter and a clank
Belinda was as brave
as a barrel full of bears
and a jangling squirm
And Ink and Blink chased
lions down the stairs
as brave we think
He went at the pirate like
Mustard was as brave
as a tiger in a rage
a robin at a worm
But Custard cried for
a nice safe cage
crying for a
brave as a
Belinda is as brave as
And Custard said
The pirate gaped
Belinda tickled him
she tickled him unmerciful
at Belinda's dragon
Ink Blink and Mustard they
rudely called him Percival
I quite agree
And gulped some grog
They all sat laughing
in the little red wagon
from his pocket flagon
At the realio trulio
cowardly dragon
a barrel full of bears
That everybody is
He fired two bullets
Belinda giggled till
she shook the house
but they didn't hit
And Blink said Weeck
which is giggling for a mouse
braver than me
And Custard gobbled him
Ink and Mustard
rudely asked his age
every bit
When Custard cried
for a nice safe cage
tiger in a rage
And Ink and Blink
Belinda still lives in
Belinda embraced him
Suddenly suddenly they
heard a nasty sound
Mustard licked him
And Mustard growled and
they all looked around
her little white house
No one mourned for
Meowch cried Ink and
Ooh cried Belinda
his pirate victim
For there was a pirate
climbing in the winda
chased lions
With her little black kitten
Ink and Blink in glee
Pistol in his left hand
pistol in his right
did gyrate
And he held in his teeth
a cutlass bright
and her little gray mouse
Around the dragon
His beard was black
one leg was wood
that ate the pyrate
It was clear that
the pirate meant no good
Poetry of 1936
good advice to follow
