the puggle-stick

once i had a puggle-stick
i found it on the lawn
laying there inviting me
two hours past mornings dawn

i picked it up and went to school
looking for a puggle
i never found one on the way
and the lessons were just a muddle

the bell tolled home time at 4-oclock
and i raced back to my house
i never found myself a puggle
but i found a little mouse

i asked the mouse if he could help
and he answered me with glee
"i may know where the puggle is ...
we shall have to go and see"

so after tea we toddled off
that little mouse and i
he took me to some nearby woods
where we heard a little voice cry...

"i've lost my stick oh woe is me ...
whatever shall i do?"
"a puggle without her stick is like ...
a foot without a shoe"

we looked about for the crying puggle
and found her beneath a tree
she sat forlorn and miserable
and seemed quite scared of me

but when i gave her the stick i had
her face lit with a smile
and the mouse and i were very pleased
that the trip had been worth while

so if you find a puggle-stick
be sure to look for the puggle
because a puggle without her puggle-stick
is a puggle who's sure to struggle!