Bilingual Harry and his Rubber Duckies

Harry is a special bloke

And most would say he’s lucky

He’s one of the few in whole wide world

Who speaks fluent Rubber Ducky

He has four favorite rubber ducks

Jill, Hector, George and Clive

And when he wakes up in the morning

He sets teacups out for five

“Squeaky squeaky-eek!” he yells

Which means, “Get up you sleepyheads!”

And drowsily, the little ducks

Wake up in their bathtub-beds

Harry checks the kitchen fridge

But finds the milk is gone

“Squeak-teek!” (“I’m going to the store!”)

“Squeak-sneek!” (“I won’t be long!”)

The milk he picks is 2%

Which duckies like the most

He also picks out whole-grain bread

To make some healthy toast

“Good morning,” says the checkout girl

“Bleek-queak,” Harry says with a smile

“Harry, English,” the girl reminds him

“You haven’t been here in a while.”

“But of course!” says Harry

“I always forget. Well, have a lovely day!”

Then he hands the girl some cash

And is once more on his way

“I’ve got groceries!” calls Harry when he arrives

But the ducks say: “Leaky-tucky!”

“Oh right,” says Harry, with a bashful smile

“I forgot to speak in Ducky.”

The five friends all have breakfast

And each ducky cleans his plate

Then Harry glances at his watch

“Squeak-yeek!” (“Oh no! I’m late!”)

“Nucky-neeky!” (“Oh, please don’t leave!”)

Cries out the littlest ducky, Hector

Replies Harry: “Heeky-Squeaky feek!”

(“But I’m the Chief Squeak Inspector!”)

Harry hugs Hector, then waves goodbye

And heads off to work with glee

Because Chief Squeak Inspector’s an important job

At Simkin’s Rubber Ducky Factory

Harry’s back in time for dinner

And he cooks the duckies fish

“Meak-veek!” they say, between big bites

Which means, “This is delish!”

Harry says, “Teeky-yeek, yeek-pleeky!”

(“Eat your veggies before ice cream!”)

And Hector whines, “Geek-kleeky!”

(“But I hate string beans!”)

The other ducks get ice cream

And Hector starts to mope

“Reek-deeky!” he pouts

And Harry, shocked,washes Hector’s mouth out with soap

After supper, Harry gives the ducks a bath

And fill it to the brim with bubbles

Swimming and splashing is so much fun

Even Hector forgets his troubles

Then Harry reads a bedtime book

And plugs the night-light in by the door

He whispers "Sweet Dreams," but waits to leave

Until he hears their soft, squeaky snores