#limrick

There was once a fish boy who wished to sprout feet, to run, jump and leap, to require a bed for a good nights sleep, longingly looking inland from the sea, his friends called him jimmy the hydrophobic fish freak One day Jimmy pushed and he strained till it hurt, sadly not one appendage  emerged but from his behind, a long stringy turd, his school mates laughed and chuckled with glee, it hurt Jimmys feelings, this fish mockery Not deterred by derision, jimmy persisted with vigour, determined to ditch out on swimming forever, he embarked up a ridge, and with sheer power of will, he crawled on to the beach, no longer needing his gills With a breath of fresh air, his toes shot forth, hurtfully brief was the frolic, ironic for sure, unfair at the least, his adventure cut short when the claws of a bird snatched him up, by those very feet.