The Journey Of The Noble Gnarble

Far below the ocean waves,

A gnarble lay in bed.

All night long his gnarble dreams 

Kept swimming in his head.

He dreamt a dream of swimming 

Up to see the sky above, 

Lit up by the sun in the colors 

He just knew he’d love.

But gnarbles never swam that high,

Their fins were much too small.

Their tails were thin and floppy,

Which didn’t help all.

This gnarble liked his fins 

And had no problem with his tail.

So when he woke, he knew that 

He just couldn’t, wouldn’t fail.

“I’m swimming up above the waves 

Tosee the sky of the blue.

I’ve never seen it even once,

And now it’s time I do .”

“No gnarble’s ever swum that high, 

it simply isn’t done.

A bly fish might just make the trip, 

but we know you’re not one .”

“Gnarbles don’t have flappers 

Like all us blyfish do.

You don’t even have koggers 

Like the swimming gungaloo.” 

But the gnarble didn’t listen,

And he left his friends behind. 

No silly blyfish family

 could ever change his mind.

He swam up past the boulders 

Made of spongy gishy-gosh,

And flew right by the herd 

Of the floating ,feeding fipple –fosh.

His fins were getting tired,

But he knew he couldn’t stop.

So he kept swimming faster,

Trying hard to reach the top.

Just then a hungry warekel

 blocked the gnarble with his fin.

He grabbed him by his tail and 

brought him right up to his chin.

“I’ve never had a gnarble,

 this would be a tasty treat .

but you’re much too thin and bony 

 for a fish like me to eat .”

So the gnarble just kept swimming,

And didn’t dare to stop.

Until he heard the sound 

Of a great big bubble POP!

He turned around to see 

That he was in abit of trouble.

The sound he heard was that 

Of a sliver subbalubbe .

The gnarble tried to hide some where

That he could safely stay,

But the subbalubble saw him 

And was headed right his way.

“Oh Mister Subbalubbe,

Please don’t eat me up for the lunch.

I’ll bring a yummy plant instead,

For you to sit and munch.” 

“I’ve never seen a gnarble 

Try to swim this high before.

What is it,little fishy ,that

You’re up here looking for ?” 

“If I could see the sky just once,

I’d be a happy fish.

To do one flip above the waves 

Would be my only wish .”

“Well sorry, silly gnarble ,

Its subbalubble dinner time 

-you should’ve stayed below.”

The gnarble cowered back in fear 

And shook from fin to fin,

But then he saw a school of fish 

Called shiny glimmy glin.

The glimmy glin swam right past 

The subbalubble’s face,

And the gnarble grabbed a glimmy fin 

And quickly left that place.

The gnarble swam higher still

 until he saw some light.

he knew it had to be the sun and,

Oh,was it a sight!

Closely by, a plink was sleeping,

Lying on his back.

He rubbed his giant belly 

as he dreamed about a snack.

The gnarble smiled happily 

And set his fins swimming.

He didn’t see the plink wake up,

For he was busy grinning.

The gnarble almost made it 

to surface of the sea,

 But the plink chomped down and 

Swallowed him as if he was a pea.

The gnarble sat inside the plink 

And started softly crying.

He’d never make it out,

So was there any point in trying?

The gnarble knew he’d come too close 

To quit and give up now.

“There must be some way out here,

There’s got to be, somehow.” 

So the gnarble swam around inside,

Trying very hard to think.

And while he did, his floppy tail

Was tickling the plink.

The plink was very ticklish,

And he couldn’t hold it in.

He tried to cover up his laugh 

With his giant plinkish fin.

His mouth was open long enough 

For the gnarble to swim free.

He swam so fast ,the hungry plink 

Did not have time to see.

Far above the ocean floor,

Above the gnarbles’ homes,

Above the blyfish families

And dancing water –gnomes,

Above the swimming gungaloo

And slimy dundledun,

A gnarble flipped above the waves 

And smiled at the sun!