The Most Unlikely Friends
The Most Unlikely Friends
I can’t believe what I just saw
Walking down the street
It was tall and blue and purple
And it had great BIG feet!
From far away I heard it
It made an awful noise!
It sounded to my ears like
“Oh my, I’ve lost my toys.”
That didn’t make no sense to me
I stood and scratched my head
The monster ‘lost its toys’ …
I think is what it said
He was looking everywhere
As he walked down the block
It wasn’t in the bushes
So he picked up the sidewalk!
What ever he was looking for
Had him quite upset
He was getting closer but
He hadn’t seen me yet
I ducked down behind a fence
So I could take a peek
With each step he got closer
And then I heard him speak
“I’ve lost my brand new toy.”
He said “And I am so sad.
I cannot tell my Mommy,
I know that she’ll be mad.”
I saw his purple face turn red
As he began to cry
He was feeling oh, so bad
So I ran up to ask him “Why?”
I looked way up to see him
And he looked down to me
“I’m scared.” He sobbed … I wondered
“Oh my, how can this be?”
Here was the biggest creature
That ever walked the Earth
“Oh my – You are so very BIG!”
“I’ve been this way since birth.”
“Are you a kid or grown up?
Can I ask how old you are?”
“I’m 3 and lost and can’t get home
Cause I am very far!”
“Please don’t cry, I’ll help you.
Are you looking for a toy?”
“I lost my birthday present
My brand new red Zig-Zoy.”
A red Zig-Zoy? That’s strange. I said
“I’ve never heard of that.
What does a Zig-Zoy look like?”
He said “It’s round and flat.”
That just made no sense at all
Round AND flat?” I said
“Yes – and I have lost it.”
Another tear he shed
“Please don’t cry – I’ll help you
And I know where to look!
Maybe there's a picture of it
In my monster book!”
I took the monster by the hand
(Or rather, he took me.)
We went and got my monster book
But no Zig-Zoy did we see
“My Mommy’s going to be so mad!
My present was brand new!”
I had a GREAT idea
I knew what we could do!
“Follow me!” I called to him
I took off at a run
I ran down the sidewalk
Just the way that he had come
“Look! You made a trail of tears
This will show the way!
I’ll get you home – just wait and see!
I will save the day!”
Some tear drops had made puddles
Others a big wet dot
He’d made a perfect tear trail
Cause there were lots of spots
We walked and walked for hours
Spots were as far as you could see
I couldn’t walk much farther
He picked me up and carried me
We walked into the setting sun
Then we began to hear
His Mommy calling out his name
The closer we got near
“What is your name?” I asked him
He said “My name is Bob.
And now my Mommy’s mad at me.”
Again I heard him sob
“I lost ME and my Zig-Zoy
Both in the same day!
I threw my Zig-Zoy way too hard
When I went out to play.”
“My Zig-Zoy just went sailing
Way up in the air
And when I went to pick it up
It just wasn’t there!”
“That’s what I’ll tell my Mommy.
That is what I’ll say.
I’ll tell her I’ve been looking
For my Zig-Zoy the whole day.”
And pretty soon his Mommy
Came into full view
When he saw the she was smiling
Into her arms he flew!
“Oh, Bobby! Bobby! Where you been?
I’ve looked everywhere!
I found your Zig-Zoy by the tree
But didn’t find you there!”
You found my new red Zig-Zoy?
Oh WOW! Oh, this is GREAT!
I thought that you’d be mad at me
Cause it was getting late.”
“I’m not mad – just worried.”
She hugged him with great joy
And then she saw me standing there
“Oh, No! Who IS that boy!”
“Mommy! Mommy he’s my friend!
He helped me to get home!
Can I keep him Mom” Please can I?
If he’s here I’d never roam!”
“No! You can not keep him!”
I heard his mommy say
“But if you’d like to, little boy,
You can come back to play.”
Now I have a new best friend
“I’d LOVE to!” I said to her
“He’s just a little boy like me
He’s not a big monster.”
We all just laughed
And the Bob said “You have to come and see
My new Zig-Zoy – it’s flat and round
I got it cause I’m 3!”
“Flat and round” again he said
And soaring in the air?
When we got to his bedroom
It was sitting there
It WAS red and flat and round!
He held it out to me
“I’ve got one too! And MINE is blue!
But mines called a Frisbee!
So now I have a new best friend
We look different as can be
But where it counts – our feeling
We’re the same – both him and me!