Jimmy the dragon learns to fly ( Children’s poem)
Little Jimmy was sitting on a rock at the river
holding his little snout in his hands, thinking
He wondered why he could not fly like his dad
From down there, the sky looked so inviting
The fairies from the Redwood forest came
and as they hovered over the rippling water
they sang a song, to cheer our little friend up
about his bravery and how he was a giver
With a tear still dangling from his jaw
little stars began to twinkle in his eyes
and soon a smile so bright lit up his face
“Life isn’t so bad,” they sang,” that’s our device”
From way up on the mountain a loud voice
was heard, it was Jimmy’s dad, calling
“come help me lad, we have an emergency,
hurry home, there is no use in stalling!”
So up the mountain little Jimmy ran
and saw the earth had disappeared from
underneath the left side of the house!
He looked at his dad and asked “how come?”
“Help me fix this Jimmy boy, no time to waste!”
his father shouted, all stressed out and afraid
and he handed his son a shovel to refill the gap
before the house would flip, for it would, without aid
Suddenly a mighty roar stopped them dead in their tracks,
fumes were rising from the top of the volcano again!
This time it would erupt for sure, they felt it in their gut
All their effort to save their home had been in vain!
The ground shook heavily from the awakening giant,
the magma inside his belly fighting to be set free
Their little wooden shed would not survive at all,
this sad reality was plain for them to see
His daddy was spreading his wings, ready to dive
“Follow me son, otherwise you will not survive!”
he spoke to Jimmy in a pleading manner.
“I need you, this mountain cannot take your life!”
Jimmy watched his father as he flew high up into
the air. His little legs started to shake from fear,
He knew what had to be done, but he felt so sure
he could not fly at all, another tear was near
Then the first rocks landed upon the shaking roof
of their humble home and the tiles were crushed
The roaring was becoming unbearably loud now
This outburst was coming, it would not be hushed!
A violent spray of blood red lava sprayed out
high into the air, started making its way to Jimmy
It was a case of door die, no time to descend
the mountain by foot, inferno arriving in a jiffy
So for the first time in his life he unfolded
his wings, took a little forward run and leaped
high up into the air he flew, a rush he never knew
existed and sweat, from every pore it seeped!
He was amazed and our little hero felt so free
Saw the landscape basking in the sun below
and his daddy, flying right in front of him
He said “Hey dad, flying is easy, you know!”
They both laughed and then they landed
at the river, where they washed the debris off
Their purple skin soon returned in all its glory
and Jimmy accidently breathed fire with his cough
That night a huge party was held to celebrate
both their safe return and Jimmy’s first flight
and Jimmy realized he had now turned into
a man and nothing had ever felt so right.
~the end~
