A man was walking down by the river
He dipped in a toe and withdrew it with a shiver
When suddenly he heard a shout
And hurriedly he looked about
On the far bank a woman shrieked
Standing in the water, only knee deep.
“My dear!” He yelled back, “Pray tell what is wrong?”
“My baby was paddling!” She yelled before long
“I thought she could swim, I thought all that age could!
If I could turn back time, Oh how I would!
“But then she fell in, with a flop and a splash
And didn’t come up!” She yelled in a flash.
For a moment the man stood, frozen in time
Then went into the water in a dive that was fine
It was a great shock, for the water was chill
But he took a great breath and went under still
He looked around and saw a small figure
He swam toward it, arms pumping with vigour.
He grabbed onto a limb and tried to swim up
But the current held him down as it hit him with a thump
The icy water made all of him numb
He tried to yell out but it still kept him dumb
He felt the body go limp in his arm
And felt the urge to keep it from harm.
He gave a great kick and at last saw the sun
He panted for breath, as if after a run.
He paddled to the woman and put her baby on the bank
Then collapsed on the sand, his hair wet and lank
The woman made a cradle for the baby in her hat
And said “Thankyou kind sir, for saving my cat.”
Author notes
A rescue with a twist
A contest entry
- Give it to me A good old poem...lol by jtnbuck.
200 points, ended May 17, 2007, 15 entries
• next story in this contest, remove from contest - Just Make Me Laugh With A Song by MySpaceAddict.
100 points, ended August 1, 2007, 4 entries
• next story in this contest, remove from contest
Please tell me what you think
Comments
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lolz
Great job on The Rescue. I didn't get it at first on how it would make me laugh, but in that last sentence it really made me smile. Good luck in the contest!
~Kayla
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That was so funny. I really liked this, it was funny and had a really great twist. Nice job on the rhyming too, you made the poem flow, telling a story too, but it made sense through the whole thing.
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Funny!
This was funny awsome! Keep up the good work!
The baby was a cat? I find that quite funny. It rhymed too! Excellent job! Keep up the good work!
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lol cat that was really cute good job with this it was cute again and umm ya good luck in my contest
really funny lol
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