http://www.wordnik.com/lists/poetrie-custard-the-dragon.xml The Tale of Custard the Dragon<br />By Ogden Nash<br /><br />(as per uselessness's <a href="/words/poetrie">poetrie</a>)<br /><br /><br /><a href="/words/Belinda">Belinda</a> lived in a little white house, <br />With a little black kitten and a little gray mouse, <br />And a little yellow dog and a little red wagon, <br />And a <a href="/words/realio">realio</a>, <a href="/words/trulio">trulio</a>, little pet dragon. <br /><br />Now the name of the little black kitten was <a href="/words/Ink">Ink</a>, <br />And the little gray mouse, she called her <a href="/words/Blink">Blink</a>, <br />And the little yellow dog was sharp as <a href="/words/Mustard">Mustard</a>, <br />But the dragon was a coward, and she called him <a href="/words/Custard">Custard</a>. <br /><br /><br />Custard the dragon had big sharp teeth, <br />And spikes on top of him and scales underneath, <br />Mouth like a fireplace, chimney for a nose, <br />And <a href="/words/realio">realio</a>, <a href="/words/trulio">trulio</a>, daggers on his toes. <br /><br /><br />Belinda was as brave as a barrel full of bears, <br />And Ink and Blink chased lions down the stairs, <br />Mustard was as brave as a tiger in a rage, <br />But Custard cried for a nice safe cage. <br /><br /><br />Belinda tickled him, she tickled him <a href="/words/unmerciful">unmerciful</a>, <br />Ink, Blink and Mustard, they rudely called him <a href="/words/Percival">Percival</a>, <br />They all sat laughing in the little red wagon <br />At the realio, trulio, cowardly dragon. <br /><br /><br />Belinda giggled till she shook the house, <br />And Blink said <a href="/words/Week">Week</a>!, which is giggling for a mouse, <br />Ink and Mustard rudely asked his age, <br />When Custard cried for a nice safe cage. <br /><br /><br />Suddenly, suddenly they heard a nasty sound, <br />And Mustard growled, and they all looked around. <br />Meowch! cried Ink, and Ooh! cried Belinda, <br />For there was a pirate, climbing in the <a href="/words/winda">winda</a>. <br /><br /><br />Pistol in his left hand, pistol in his right, <br />And he held in his teeth a cutlass bright, <br />His beard was black, one leg was wood; <br />It was clear that the pirate meant no good. <br /><br /><br />Belinda paled, and she cried, Help! Help! <br />But Mustard fled with a terrified <a href="/words/yelp">yelp</a>, <br />Ink <a href="/words/trickled">trickled</a> down to the bottom of the household, <br />And little mouse Blink strategically <a href="/words/mouseholed">mouseholed</a>. <br /><br /><br />But up jumped Custard, snorting like an engine, <br />Clashed his tail like irons in a dungeon, <br />With a clatter and a clank and a <a href="/words/jangling">jangling</a> <a href="/words/squirm">squirm</a> <br />He went at the pirate like a robin at a worm. <br /><br /><br />The pirate gaped at Belinda's dragon, <br />And gulped some <a href="/words/grog">grog</a> from his pocket <a href="/words/flagon">flagon</a>, <br />He fired two bullets but they didn't hit, <br />And Custard <a href="/words/gobbled">gobbled</a> him, every bit. <br /><br /><br />Belinda embraced him, Mustard licked him, <br />No one mourned for his pirate victim <br />Ink and Blink in glee did <a href="/words/gyrate">gyrate</a> <br />Around the dragon that ate the <a href="/words/pyrate">pyrate</a>. <br /><br /><br />Belinda still lives in her little white house, <br />With her little black kitten and her little gray mouse, <br />And her little yellow dog and her little red wagon, <br />And her realio, trulio, little pet dragon. <br /><br /><br />Belinda is as brave as a barrel full of bears, <br />And Ink and Blink chase lions down the stairs, <br />Mustard is as brave as a tiger in a rage, <br />But Custard keeps crying for a nice safe cage. http://www.wordnik.com http://www.wordnik.com/words/belinda Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:45:23 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/belinda http://www.wordnik.com/words/ink Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:45:18 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/ink http://www.wordnik.com/words/blink Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:45:16 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/blink http://www.wordnik.com/words/mustard Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:45:11 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/mustard http://www.wordnik.com/words/custard Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:45:09 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/custard http://www.wordnik.com/words/realio Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:44:48 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/realio http://www.wordnik.com/words/trulio Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:44:44 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/trulio http://www.wordnik.com/words/ummerciful Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:44:29 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/ummerciful http://www.wordnik.com/words/percival Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:44:22 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/percival http://www.wordnik.com/words/week Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:44:15 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/week http://www.wordnik.com/words/winda Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:43:59 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/winda http://www.wordnik.com/words/yelp Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:43:55 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/yelp http://www.wordnik.com/words/trickled Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:43:44 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/trickled http://www.wordnik.com/words/mouseholed Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:43:39 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/mouseholed http://www.wordnik.com/words/jangling Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:43:20 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/jangling http://www.wordnik.com/words/squirm Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:43:17 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/squirm http://www.wordnik.com/words/grog Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:43:00 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/grog http://www.wordnik.com/words/flagon Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:42:58 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/flagon http://www.wordnik.com/words/gobbled Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:42:54 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/gobbled http://www.wordnik.com/words/gyrate Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:42:44 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/gyrate http://www.wordnik.com/words/pyrate Thu, 22 Feb 2007 17:38:58 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/pyrate