Rufus and Wilbur ( Out to See )

part two...

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Rufus Magoo and Wilbur Magee
Took the Queen's ship and set off to sea.
Now normally, this wouldn’t be quite so bad,
But the ship that they took was the only one that she had.

"Rufus," said Wilbur, "Are you sure she won’t mind?
It seems that the Queen might think it unkind!
Stealing her ship is a REALLY BIG crime
With capital punishment and criminal time."

"Wilbur," said Rufus, "Don’t make such a fuss!
Sometimes, I swear, you just worry too much.
She told us herself, with everyone there,
To search for a potion to grow back her long hair.
She said it out loud, you know it’s the truth,
She sent us in search of the Fountain of Youth.

So we emptied our houses and emptied the shop
Of all of the things that go flippity - flop,
The what-chya-ma-callums and thing-a-ma-things,
We brought everything we could possibly bring!
Then I went to the bank for this big chest of gold
To pay for the journey about to unfold."

"Rufus," asked Wilbur, "They gave you this chest
Without any questions, they didn't protest?
They must have been busy, or they would have seen,
The tag on this bag says: BELONGS TO THE QUEEN!"

"Well now," said Rufus, "It did seem a bit odd
When I got to the bank and the doors were all locked.
So, I knocked and I knocked and I clanged on the bell
And the next thing you know, well, the door, it just fell.

Then I went to peek in and I saw this big chest,
So I figured they left it to pay for this quest.
I thought it quite rude that no one was near
To help load the gold, so I just dragged it here."

"YOU DRAGGED this chest here," cried Wilbur Magee,
"In the middle of the day, right down the main street!
I hope that you thought a moment or two
To at least find some help or hire a crew."

"Well, I’ll have you know," said Rufus Magoo,
"I hired the greatest ship sailing crew!
When I asked if they ever sailed on a ship,
They all answered, 'Yes!' Why certainly they did.
They sailed a Happy Rodger and walked many ships planks,
In all their time sailing, only three of them sank.
They knew about knots they knew about rigs
And spent many months in a place called the Brig."

"You mean Jolly Rodger?" cried Wilbur Magee,
For what he was hearing, he could not believe!
"Jolly or Happy, it all means the same,
When they saw that big chest, they all happily came."

Oh look," pointed Rufus, "What a great day!
The Queen sends her wishes and a big, big parade."
When Wilbur looked out across the ship's yard,
He saw many men marching and all of them guards.
He started yelling, "Get this ship underway!"
And the guards began running and making headway.

So, he started a bunch of thing-a-ma-things
And whizmos and gizmos he started to fling
All of the gadgets across the ship's yard,
Tripping and slowing, almost stopping the guards.

By the time they all pulled the last one out of their hair,
The guards all let out a long sigh of despair.
For all would now suffer the Queen's burning glare,
'Cause nailed to the back of the ship with great care
Was a sign that read simply: Inventors BEWARE!

Now the guard who was chosen to deliver the news
Was shaking and quaking inside of his shoes.
He tried to get out of the task with a plea,
"I’m too young not quite thirty I’ve a family, you see."
But they would not listen, not a word, no-sir-ree
So the others all followed so he couldn't just flee.

He got to the door and he stood there a bit,
Wheezing and sneezing and feeling quite sick.
He knocked on it once, but all he could hear
Was the noise in his stomach crying in fear.
He knocked on it twice, shaking with fright,
When a noise from inside made his face turn all white.
The third time he knocked wasn’t really a charm,
For the voice from inside caused him so much alarm.
"KNOCK ONE MORE TIME and I’ll cause you great harm!"

Well, that was all that he needed to hear,
He sprang from the steps and then disappeared.
He left his poor family and left all his friends,
Left his dog "Happy" and was never heard from again.

The Captain ran up in front of the door,
As it swung opened wide and his knees hit the floor.
"Queen, I am sorry. I’ll leave, but not before,
I must tell you some news that I can’t just ignore."

"Captain, dear Captain," stop kissing my feet,
I was just in the middle of my favorite sweet.
Now get off the floor, where you lie in a heap,
And tell me your news. I don’t have all week!"

"Well, Queen," said the Captain, "It’s Magoo and Magee,
They’ve taken your ship, they've sailed out to sea.
We tried to prevent them, but their inventive debris,
Tore at my trousers, then ran after me!"

"Great news!" cried the Queen, "I’ve waited so long
To be rid of those two, and now that they’re gone,
We’ll throw a big party, a feastable feast!
We’ll even have drinks from the Fartherest East."

"Queen," said the Captain, "there’s just one more thing.
They went to the bank and took everything!
They took all your gold, including the chest,
Dragged it down main street of this, I don’t jest.
They did leave one bag and this bottle for you
In the bottle is perfume, in the bag IOU’s."

The Queen’s face turned all red, she was going to explode,
"Ready the fleet! We will chase those two toads."
"Umm, Queen," said the Captain, "We haven’t a fleet,
If you recall, they were made of concrete.
They sunk in the harbor, you can just see the masts."
"Well," said the Queen, "You’d better build a ship fast!"

She grabbed the small bottle, went back to her room,
Where she plotted and knotted and jotted their doom.
The note on the bottle read: From Magoo and Magee,
So she lifted the stopper and it did smell so sweet.
She dabbed just a little on her neck and her cheeks,
And the next thing you know, she grew a long tail and big feet.

Later that night, on the ship out to sea,
Magoo said to his friend, Wilbur Magee,
"This is our chance, our own destiny,
To find us a place in books A down to Z!
A voyage through the pages of our history,
To discover the world, we are now out to see."