~ One Fine May Day ~ 五月的一天

The Nine-Headed dragon soared through the skies,
Wondering aloud who had taken his pearls.
"Was it you?" he asked the little sparrows,
As they flew to their nests in the dusky cloud whorls.

Small as they be, the sparrows were proud,
"Nor thieves nor robbers nor looters we be!"
"Be off with you, big bully!" they cried,
"With nine heads, you should see more than we!"

The Nine-Headed dragon, red-faced with shame,
swooped down towards the ocean where the dolphins played.
"Did you see my big, shining moons of pearls?" he asked,
Since the sparrows’ rebuttals, a wee bit more humbled.

“So long, farewell,” the dolphins sang in jest.

“The pearls, like moons, have gone up, up and AWAY!

“And if you want to catch them, as your nine heads are thinking,

“Ask the sun at the close of the day!”

Thinking he finally knew the name of the thief,

Towards the setting sun, he speeded with glee

“Hang on, you big round, rotund, fatty

“Return me my pearls, or you’ll not set in peace!”

“The Fool, he thinks that I am jolly,

Knows not my wrath in all its glory.”

And thus, nine burnt and tattered faces

Was all the proof of the dragon’s folly.

In tears and despair, the dragon returned

To his lair, the one place where he felt unthreatened

Lo and behold his surprise and anguish

That he had been searching for had never,

Ever,

Ever,

Been

Taken!