The Evil Villain and the Life Rafts

There was a girl with fair red hair and freckles on her nose.

She had a way about her that had you on your toes.

She swam into town one day, all giggly and excited.

She marked her prey, swam right in, and recited,

"I'll take you away from here" she said to her mark.

"We can roam these waters, anywhere you like, even well after dark."

The two of them took off like a flash, best friends you've never seen.

But somewhere watching in the town there was a jealous gleen.

The Evil Villain lurked in the doorway, quiet as a mouse.

When the two went off like that he ran into his house.

He murmured to himself, "they never invite me,

I'll get to them this time, they can't leave me here, you'll see."

He searched his rooms, behind his door, underneath his bed.

He ran around that house looking until he turned beet red.

"I know they are here somewhere," he scratched his head in wonder

"Aha," he thought, then took off like a bolt and flash of thunder.

As he ran to where the two were playing he had something in his coat.

He jumped on in, then thought better of it, and went to his boat.

He rowed along the town, until he saw the two.

He went to them and asked to play, and do the things you do.

They laughed and said "We'd never keep up you silly man, are you daft?"

He said to them, "You silly girls, that's why I brought these life rafts."

As they hopped on, held on, and began to enjoy the ride.

They realized very quickly, they no longer had the ability to glide.

They could not swim in the water they loved so much.

The rafts had taken this from them at the slightest touch.

They held on for dear life, no longer having fun,

as the Evil Villain laughed and laughed and took them on a run.

"Ha, Ha," he said no longer an outsider.

"You thought to keep me out, but now I am the better."

They looked at him confused, and said to him,

"Why did you do this, I thought we could be friends?"

He replied right back, "My dears
you always left me out and never cared for my tears.

it is my turn now to see you cry and shout, and wiggle on my hook."

They said to him, "We never meant to hurt you Evil Villain, we never saw your hurt looks.

You lurked inside the doorways, never seeming to care

if we had known how much you wanted to join in our affairs

we would have asked you to come and play with us."

He cut them off with a shout of rage and started a big fuss.

"You never noticed how I sulked and pouted.

It was because you never cared to notice," he shouted.

Furious and in a rage, the Evil Villain shook and screamed

"I'll teach you to ignore me, watch this, I can be mean!"

He stole the life rafts from the two, as they floundered and kicked.

He watched them struggle, his mind gone sick.

All at once he had a shock, one of the two turned to him, looked at him,

and said helplessly, "Please, the light is going dim."

With that she went under, you see she could no longer swim.

The Evil Villains heart turned soft as dough,

he realized that he could no longer carry on with the show.

He dove straight down, grabbed the girl around her waist

went to the top, straightaway for now it was a race.

She struggled to regain her life, and looked with wonder at the villain

he looked so cool, calm, collected, he was just chillin'

"You saved me, when you meant for something else

what happened to your black heart, did it melt?"

The Evil Villain looked at her and said,

"I finally realized my soul is clear as well as my head.

I could no longer continue with my plan.

I wanted to be friends and talk, like a regular man.

Their is no evil lurking here.

I want to run and play, my dears."

The two and him went off like nothing you have seen.

It was as if all that had happened before was just a dream.