Wednesday, August 02, 2006

Bears Always Win?

The big gross spider was an easy victory as far as battles go. And Homie Bear has fought his share of epic battles. Or rather, his share of rhyming couplet battles. Mostly he does pretty well, vanquishing his foes, like the Witch, or Chogtwer. But as we see here, he doesn't always fare so well. This is from the archives, reprinted in full since it's been two years and many many of you are new.


Homie Bear was hunting and he caught a big fat seal
But a killer whale saw him and said that he did steal
His supper out from under him and that just wouldn't do
Homie said to the whale why don't you eat some poo
So the offended orca turned and hit him with his tail
He had never been blindsided by such a craven whale
Homie bounced off an iceberg but got back on his paws
He charged the whale full speed ahead to cut him with his claws
But the whale dodged and dove down deep into the sea
Where he soon discovered that even there he wasn't free
From a bear's vengeful wrath since Homie jumped right in
And grabbed the astonished dolphin by his dorsal fin
The ocean thrashed and bubbled from the epic battle
All the way in South America they felt a little rattle
The water churned and ice exploded as the titans clashed
They bit each other hit each other and they slashed and bashed
With a mighty heave Homie threw the whale back onto the land
Where the raging frenzied beasts prepared their final stand
Ursis maritimus and Orcinus orca, fighting to the death
The whole world seemed to pause as if holding in its breath
Then a timely interruption burst the tension like a bubble
The seal broke in and said, "You should have saved yourselves the trouble
"Fighting over me just isn't worth the pain
"Since I'll be leaving now and you will have no gain"
And then the seal swam away and left the hunters there
Neither now had a meal and they couldn't even share
The only thing that they had proved with their big ordeal
Is that in a fight between whale and bear, the winner is a seal!

Yeah, so, some pretty big words there made the rhythm suffer, but still good fun. I remember writing it in about half an hour before work one day so, you know. The only time I can recall where Homie Bear out and out loses wasn't really a fair fight.
So, who or what should Homie fight next? If there are some good suggestions I might go forth into battle once more.

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