Five Minute Stories

by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards

Then we cut on to each glutton as he swam,

And we hit them, and we bit them in the tail,

And the Lamprey struck the damp prey with a clam,

And the Goby made the foe be very pale.

The Gudgeon, not begrudgeon of his force,

Hit the Cunner quite a stunner on the head;

And the Mussel had a tussle with the Horse,

And the Whiting kept a-fighting till he bled.