Gig gling Gigi and the B a bbl i n g B at Poem and Illustration By Gloria Concepcion H. Moralidad
One day, they were together – you can tell something’s wrong, The whole town couldn’t stop twitching all day, all long. The noise was too much, oh too much! Have you seen a pair like that, like Elder: Now here’s something I like to such? share while we eat. Gather around, good folks, and take Well twiddle, diddle, fwiddle, diddleea seat! do! Ah, here’s a story I know so well – They could give you nightmares, oh yes I remember it far so long as I can tell. that too, You’d forget what you’re doing or There was once a maiden – you can where you’re at, tell something’s wrong, When you see Giggling Gigi with the She would giggle and giggle all day, Babbling Bat! all long. Her name was Gigi, oh the giggling Once, they wandered far out of town – girl! you can tell something’s wrong, She could make heads spin and could They were picking up berries all day, make minds twirl! all long. But their noise woke a monstrous giant Now, outside Gigi’s town – you can tell from its sleep! something’s wrong, Angrily, he took them away in his cave One animal would babble all day, all so deep! long. It was a bat! Oh, a babbling bat! Oh, twiddle, diddle, fwiddle, didleeYou better run rather than facing that! do! They could give you nightmares, oh yes Well twiddle, diddle, fwiddle, diddleethat too! do! They were taken away, sadly that’s They could give you nightmares, oh yes true.. that too, For the mean, ugly Giant wanted them You’d forget what you’re doing or for his midnight stew! where you’re at, When you see Giggling Gigi with the In his cave, he put them in his big Babbling Bat! cooking pot, the CEntRALeCHO
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