Part I: Grig What a cool and pleasant evening To be tied up and found leaning Against the solid bark of a hardy oak Sharing with a friend a hearty joke. For this tale of random capture May not droves of maids enrapture But the night is not yet over And we may yet find ourselves in clover. So while we await a cunning plan To be served us like a fruity flan By the friendly hand of fate, Let me for the moment pick your pate. Thoughts away from you my goodly friend Trust me, this detention soon will end! And when these ropes we gnaw and bend we'll flee like mice from a kitten's den! Part II: Sir Bastien Oh, bard of many accomplished feats You of haikus and limerick treats Songs and poems and lyrics thrice dozen Woodsworth's teacher and Byron's cousin Exhalter and beater of war campaign drums Minstrel to Kings and denizens of slums Yodeller of mountains and hummer of tunes cooler and fresher than old desert dunes I thank you so for your cheerful habits while we're tied like silly rabbits that keep you happied, endless smiling while those thugs continue piling loads of roasted deer and quail purchased wines from the finest sale cheese and bread oh, these decadant Curs all wrapped up in their warm night furs While I a senseless blow struck down and you a rhyming bard of much renown interrupted in your creative rounds by cries of 'Help me!' and other battle sounds It's quite alright, I'm really fine roped to a tree on my poor behind Not for mine own amorous pleasure or singing hymns without heeding measures that unhappy nobles with hideous wives would react like shaken beehives But no, 'Say it as it is' and 'I must sing the truth' while I mourn a poor lost tooth That fell to the ground while I battled four villans and thugs whom you yourself saw While you slaved away at poetry and rhyme which in combat can't be worth a dime But be that as it may bard, good cheer! And while those thugs do leer and jeer To unknown crowds your efforts will endear And we'll be freed, aye, have no fear! copyright 1997 Gerald Tan & Nigel Poh Click on the dragon to proceed with the tale... ... the dagger to go to the previous page ... and the snoozing gnome to return to the Home Page. Currently playing "We Are the Champions" by Queen.