Ogre's Journey

Read at the bootleggers on Will 's birthday accompanied by Pirate Joe

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The Ogre Grimnut approached the wood
Club trailing behind he was up to no good
He had a sore throat and was all of a blunder
And now searched the forest to stave off his hunger

There was a rumour if you went deep inside
You would find tasty fairies, and more besides
So in he went through the gathering gloom
Hoping his stomach would be filled soon

The trees were great and their trunks were tall
But grimnut was afraid of nothing at all
His club did drag over root and stone
And the ogre walked on starved and alone

On he trekked deeper and deeper
through swamp and marsh
till the ground got steeper
and though the track wore soles of boots
no food did he find, just tiny red fruits

Grimnut stopped and sniffed the air
The fairies were close but he couldnt tell where
So he searched until he saw to one's side
A path that would take him to where the fair folk reside

He trekked and then passed through white flowerfall
And ducked under rocks made for someone less tall
Sunlight then fell on his grizzled face
he'd finally found their hiding place

Grimnut then passed through a sunlit glade
He spotted the sight of an elfin maid
Hunkering down he wasn't seen
by the winged fairy all dressed in green

Pulling himself up he grabbed his weapon
He would do this quick, in less than a second
But as he readied his deadly swing
The fairy shifted and he noticed something

2 sycamore seeds she held in her hands
tying them together with 9 silver bands
           'What are you doing' he said with a grunt
'I'm making some wings' and held them in front

'They're for a friend that's not here yet'
'I couldn't decide what it was I should get
          'Nobody's ever given a present to me'
'That's a pity but I think
there's still time, you see'

'it's too late I'm starving and dying of thirst'
          'drink this' she said 'don't fear for the worst'
And with a wave of her glittering wand
she revealed the most wonderous and clear blue pond

The ogre bent down and drunk his fill
and didn't stop
his drinking until
the pool was dry, his thirst was sated
whilst across from him the fairy waited

He said that's better now I need to eat
'No, you need sleep, before such a treat'
So he lay his head down and closed his eyes
And as he slept she then chose to arise

He awoke much later cold and bare
lying on a bed of the coarsest hair 
Looking around he saw the fairy
she looked much bigger and no longer seemed wary

Beside him a bunch of red berries lay waiting
their crimson coats looking so appetaising
he tried one out and to his surprise
the fruit was so tasty it lit up his eyes

'I only eat meat, so how can this be'
'Things will be different now - here come and see'
she refilled the pool with a wave of here wand
and bid him come forward and look in the pond

there he could see in the glassy reflection
that changes were made in his grizzly complexion
no longer a face that was hardened and worn
but soft and now elfin for he had been reborn

'does this please you?' she said with a smile and a sigh
          'It does but how can we live here you and I?'
          'I don't have wings, where you're able to fly'
'so I cannot follow you up and into the sky'

Oh you're so very silly I've thought of these things
I made them before they were always your wings
and she fastened them on and held them on well
before uttering the sounds of a magical spell

He flapped his wings and came off the ground
his eyes were smiling, and he fluttered around
'where shall we go?' And looked into her eyes
'This way for now, we'll watch the sun rise '