The Rum Tum Husky
With apologies to T.S. Eliot
The Rum Tum Husky is a curious dog:
if you offer him a bone, he would go for a sardine.
If you give him a sardine, he’d want a bullfrog in a bog.
If you bring him to a bog, he would favor a ravine.
If you reach a nice ravine, he would rather have a jog.
If you take him for a jog, he would rather he were seen
tugging a sled with others of his kind.
The Rum Tum Husky was a lucky find
for a guy who hadn’t the slightest clue
in the ways of dogs. But he never got fined
for any misdeed his dog would do.
Yes, the Rum Tum Husky is a curious dog,
of which there’s little cause to shout:
for he will do as he will do.
On the neighbor’s lawn he stopped to do
what there’s no doing anything about!
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