The Little Blue Choo-Choo
Dec 13 '03
The Bottom Line This poem is for your children. I hope they enjoy it, and that you will, too! Thanks to Kamel622, Kathy, for her encouragement to me.
Little Blue Choo-Choo
There once was a train that I knew,
Who was always so sad and so blue,
That he’d sleep or he’d cry,
or he’d sniff and he’d sigh.
Such a pitiful little choo-choo.
The big trains laughed at poor Blue,
And teased him, like older trains do,
They said when the going gets rough,
Little Blue would never hang tough,
And they called him a Sissy Train, too.
Blue pouted, but didn’t much care,
And gave those big trains a fierce stare.
He’d show them someday,
But he’d much rather play
Than work like a grizzly bear!
Poor train, he just couldn’t eat,
Not even a chocolate treat.
Food made him feel sick,
And his dish he would kick
If they ever tried feeding him meat.
He was sent on a trip one dark day,
To a town down the hill and away,
For the big trains were gone
Till the break of next dawn,
So Blue had to work and not play.
He chugged down the hill in fine form,
Then he started feeling real warm.
Tears flooded his eyes,
And he tooted loud sighs,
And forgot to watch out for a storm.
For soon a mighty wind blew,
With an earthquake & lightning, too.
It was on the trip back,
And the gale split the track
On the hill, so they could not get thru.
What’s worse, is that on that Blue train,
Was a boy who was sick and in pain.
And just over that hill,
Was the miracle pill
He needed to get well again.
Oh, how the porter did gasp!
He shouted, “We’re finished at last.”
For the way was real steep
and the train was asleep.
Though his wheels were spinning real fast!
Blue snored and he roared as he snored.
The conductor yelled, “All you aboard,
Hold fast to your seats
for we’re not in for treats,
Our danger just can’t be ignored.”
“Oh, no,” cried the little boy’s Dad,
“This really is making me mad.
When we left the station
With such animation,
Little Blue said he’d help my poor lad.”
The Caboose was scared out of its wits,
The Diner was shaking with fits.
They shouted out, “Who
will help us get through,
And keep us from breaking to bits?”
With that, little Blue came awake,
And after applying the brake,
He glanced up at the hill,
and he shouted, “I will!
I’ll help for the little boy’s sake!”
So, he swallowed the unfriendly trees,
And guzzled the stickers and bees,
He yelled, “This is the ticket,
I think I can lick it,”
And bit off the rocks with great ease.
So he gobbled & munched & he wheezed,
And he hollered, “I’m so very pleased,
This bush tastes so great,
Though it’s not on a plate,”
And up to the top he just breezed.
The passengers cheered him along,
The conductor kept singing a song,
And everyone knew,
as the little train flew,
That Blue Chew-Chew would do them no wrong!!!
He puffed into the station at last,
Panting from gulping so fast.
He tooted his horn, no longer forlorn,
And the smokestack let out quite a blast!
The passengers looked where they’d been,
And the landscape looked flat as a pin,
For the hill that was there,
lay empty and bare,
And our Blue wore a shy, happy grin.
Doctor Jim rushed up with the pill,
Upset that the boy looked so still,
But his fever soon passed,
And he rallied at last,
Cause Choo-Choo had conquered that hill.”
Little Blue was a hero in town,
They gave him a Bell & a Crown,
I heard just today,
That the big trains still say,
“If the mountain gets rough, chew it down.”
Blue knew when he saw that poor boy,
Who was real and not just a toy,
That his own life was good,
So he did what he could
To bring back the little child’s joy.
Our Choo-Choo is happy at last,
His troubles and worries are past.
He eats like a bear,
And he really does care,
And he laughs with a loud whistle-blast!
So, whenever you’re tired and sad,
And things are looking quite bad,
Just think how this train
Did struggle and strain
To help a poor boy and his Dad.
And I’m sure that you’ll laugh and you’ll sing
To think of the joy you can bring,
For when you help others,
Friends, sisters or brothers,
This little train’s bell starts to Ring!
Hope you enjoyed this. Thanks for reading.
Lorace ©2002
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