The Knights And The Egg

The Knights were drawing straws to see who'd fight the dragon king –

Which was the largest of the beasts that they had ever seen;

'We need bigger swords,' said Henry, 'These will not do a thing.'

'Never mind the king,' said Len, 'Look at the size of the queen!'

This dragon was as big as a house and looked very mean –

'We need a diversion.' said Dave, 'Oh hell!' said John glumly;

'Len!' cried Dave, 'Hurrah!' thought John; 'Send John' said he, 'Tease the queen.'

'Off you go then John' said Len – the reply most unseemly!

Like a flee with fits John bounced up and down afore the beast –

Linda conjured a flock of bats which enraged the dragon;

It took out its frustration on John – the start to a feast –

'Whoahh!' cried John – too late – and by the beast was soon set upon!

The last thing they heard was 'Bloody dragon!', and he was gone!

'John!' they all cried but to no avail – the deed had been done.

'Perfect' said Dirk, ' any more bright ideas?' – Linda thought;

Inside the dragon's mouth John was washed around in hot spit!

Fearing the beast might swallow onto a molar he caught;

Then from its belly he felt the growing warmth of...'Oh sh**!'

A blast of air and flame threw John a long way through the air –

Over the knights and into the largest pile of dung seen!

'I didn't mean in it!' shouted John and they all did cheer;

He emerged from the compost and then did he vent his spleen!

'Next idea' said Genna, 'We could pray' suggested Friar Gene;

'We have to get past and into their cave', demanded Dave.

'I need an egg for my spells,' said Linda 'a gift for the Queen.'

'Incoming!' screamed John as bats attacked – he did rant and rave.

Linda was fresh out of power so they ran down the hill –

But John was surrounded by bats at top of the hill still!

'Trolls!' shouted Henry and from below they appeared in force;

'Bugger this for a laugh.' said Dave and he and Len attacked!

With a roar the rest of the Knights followed quickly of course;

Gene, Linda and John were now between trolls and dragons lodged.

The dragons were now more interested in lunch than the bats –

And deciding on Knights and trolls for starters started down!

John was screaming and unable to see: 'Off – off flying rats!'

He lumbered into the dragons' path and off his feet blown!

Luckily only a dragon snort but still did it hurt;

Not finished yet John rolled down the hill covered in the bats;

The troll king had flashbacks to Bess as John collected dirt –

Now a mass of limbs and earth was wearing two hundred hats.

Meanwhile Gene and Linda entered the cave for their reward –

Two eggs and a small dragon from which they edged backward.

The mass that was John missed the Knights but hit the trolls head on –

And kept on with the knights following hard on his wild trail;

Having been flattened once the troll king then got hit again –

By Knights at full speed – fully intent upon their mission;

'That's it – it can't get any worse,' said the troll king softly –

Just before he got trampled on by two hungry dragons;

The sounds of their screams reached the bats extremely noisily;

They flew off toward the sounds – mayhem was their intention.

The Knights, Gene and Linda watched the mad scene in disbelief;

They set off home but turned for one last look at craziness –

The trolls covered in bats were running all led by the chief;

That concluded the report of the whole sordid business.

King Al and Queen Bess listened shaking dumbfounded heads;

But both were happy with the result and gave them rewards.