Cream Puff Head wore a suit
and tie
With silver cufflinks from
Versailles
And Cream Puff Head moved
quick and spry
Down the streets of the busy
city
And Cream Puff Head had a
fancy job
As Cream in Chief of The
Thrifty Squab
Which sold pigeon feed to
pigeon snobs
And he had his own bird named
Pretty
But one day Pretty flew the
coop
She escaped her cage with a
mighty swoop
And Cream Puff Head gave a
horrid whoop
And screamed, "I'll
catch you, Pretty!"
He ran outside in his
dressing gown
She quickly flew to the edge
of town
He tried, but couldn't chase
her down
And a voice said, "What
a pity."
"Who's that?" asked
Cream Puff Head, surprised
And he saw a fox,
unsupervised
"Hey, where's your
cage?" he asked the fox
Who said: "I don't do
well with locks."
"Well, fox, if you're so
wise and free
Can you bring Pretty back to
me?"
"I believe I can,"
the fox agreed
"Provided that you pay
my fee."
"Anything!" said
Cream Puff Head
"As long as I don't wind
up dead."
"You won't," said
the fox, "but I'll need to drain
Just a little cream from your
cream puff brain.
It would complement my
meal."
"Just
a little cream?" the Cream Puff asked
"Right," said the
fox. "Painless. Fast.
And Pretty's back 'fore the
day has passed."
So Cream Puff Head said,
"Deal."
Then fox scampered off, and
was back that night
He'd grabbed a pigeon from
midflight
The bird wasn't Pretty, but
that was all right
'Cause Cream Puff Head had bad eyesight
"Oh thank you fox!"
cried Cream Puff Head
"And now about our
deal...I know I said
That you could have some
cream, but how
'bout just some cash
instead?"
"A deal's a deal, "
the fox replied
He took a needle from his
hide
And poked the Cream Puff in
the side
To drain the precious cream
The Cream Puff Head felt
woozy; dim
The cream was draining out of
him
It didn't hurt, but it did
feel grim
Like the world was a hazy
dream
It took the fox just a little
while
He caught the cream in a
silver vial
And when he finished, Cream
Puff smiled
And said, "That's it?
Posh, pish!"
Then Cream Puff Head went
back to his job
As Cream in Chief of The
Thrifty Squab
And the fox made espresso
creme with a daub
Of the freshest cream---
delish!
