Meretrick The Worm

In a long forgotten forest, in the hollow of a tree,
Lived a happy worm named Meretrick as merry as could be.
For on his tree grew apples of the red delicious kind,
The most delicious apples that ever you will find.

On the 15th eve of June under light of mother moon,
Came a sneaky, rather cheeky, uninvited big raccoon.
Who really did like apples of the red delicious kind,
And figured if he took a few that nobody would mind.

But Meretrick was rather ticked to see that raccoon there,
Because you see, this was his tree, he didn’t want to share.
“If I let this raccoon take a snack or two or three,
“Then more would come and then there’d be no apples left for me!”

So creeping down the lowest branch, he began to shout,
“Hey, you ugly raccoon, this tree is mine, get out!”
“Get out! Get out! Get out! Get out! These apples are all mine!”
“If you eat one, then more will come and they will each eat nine!”

The raccoon laughed when he looked up and saw the worm up there,
“Just try to stop me if you can, yes try to if you dare!”
He climbed and climbed making his way right up the apple tree,
In search of red delicious, he’d eat one or two or three.

But that’s when Meretrick got quick, he thought to wisely say:
“Those apples are not ripe, you see, come back another day!”
“You tricky worm,” the raccoon said, “How dare you lie to me!”
“These apples are quite ripe enough; I think that I’ll eat three!”

“Suit yourself,” the worm replied, “But don’t come cry to me,”
“When you get sick, and like a brick, you fall out of my tree!”
The raccoon, rather cautious, said: “I’ll wait to have my snack,”
“But don’t you get your hopes up, worm, for I will be right back!”

Ten minutes pass and just like that, as if he had a welcome mat,
There came two ugly Tommy cats and three, no four, fruit eating bats.
A pair of hares, a grizzly bear, a skunk was stinking up the air,
These animals from everywhere gave Meretrick an awful scare!

But Meretrick was quick and thought to wisely say,
“These apples are delicious, friends, enjoy them here today!”
“Just do not tell the raccoon please, that cheeky sneaky guy,”
“He said that you were big fat slobs, but I see it’s a lie.”
“You all seem to be in great shape, so welcome to my tree,”
“Eat what you want, but please be sure to leave some left for me!”

Behind a bush, the raccoon thought, “That sneaky lying germ!”
“That stinking meretricious red delicious eating worm!”
“I’ll make him wish he let me eat just one or two or three!”
“That tricky worm has yet to see the meanest side of me!”

The raccoon from behind a bush, said, “Friends, it is a trick!”
“Worms are sly, he lies, you guys, those apples make you sick!”
“Just look at me! My stomach aches! I’m losing hair as well!”
“I’ve thrown up twice, I’ve got the runs, and now I think I smell!”

“Nope, that’s me,” the skunk replied. The bear said, “You look fine!”
“Those apples look delicious, so I think I will eat nine!”
“And I’ll eat five,” the cat replied. The bats said, “We’ll eat eight!”
The hares said, “We’ll eat one or two,” the skunk said, “I just ate.”

The raccoon jumped in front of them, between them and the tree,
And then he said, “No fair! No fair! There’ll be none left for me!
“I know I said that I was sick, but that was just a trick,”
“The worm, he made me lie to you, that stinkin’ Meretrick!”
“He told me if I made you go, he’d share them all with me,”
“He’d let me eat a lot of them, like twenty two or three!”

The great big bear said, “I don’t care, just get out of my way,”
“I’m hungry for some apples, and I think that so are they.”
The hares declared, “Oh yes we are!” The cat said, “So am I!”
The skunk said, “Nah, I think I’m fine.” The bats prepared to fly.

But that’s when Meretrick got quick and said, “Why don’t we wait?”
“In ten or fifteen minutes all the apples will taste great!”
“They’ll ripen up, they’ll all be red, so juicy will they be,”
“And you won’t have to climb on up, they’ll fall out of my tree!”

“Sounds good to me,” the big bear said, “I’m slightly overweight,”
“Not climbing is quite good for me in my potbellied state!”
“And we can’t climb,” declared the hares. The cat said, “I can wait,”
The bats said, “We’ll just take a nap,” the skunk said, “It’s too late...”

“I’ve held it in for much too long, I know it sounds obscene,”
“I’ll have you know, that when you smell, your faces will turn green.”
“Your “apple”tites will be no more; you’ll want to run away,”
“Like many skunks before me have, I’ve sprayed my awful spray!”

With that, the big bear said, “I’m out! I’ll just go eat some fish,”
The cat said, “Yep, it’s time to go. They’ve probly filled my dish.”
The pair of hares with much despair said, “Carrots are alright,”
The fruity bats said, “That is that! We’re eating bugs tonight!”

The raccoon got the worst of it, a blast right on the head,
“You tricky worm! I’ll get you back! You mark my words!” he said.
“For this won’t be the last you see of sly ole cheeky me!”
“I will return again someday, I won’t forget this tree!”

But that’s when Meretrick got slick and thought to wisely say,
“Silly, raccoon! That’s not perfume! Good luck washing that spray!”
“You’ll stink for weeks, or months, or years, I know this to be fact!”
“For even when the smell comes out, the stink remains intact!”
“I’ll smell you from a mile away, my friend skunk here will come back!”
“So think of that, next time you crave a red delicious snack!”