The Princess Goes to Ride

 The Princess Goes to Ride
By Margaret Beauchamp

 

The little Princess went to ride

On a terrible Dragon, high and wide;

But she slipped about from side to side

(For she'd never learned to ride astride);

So:

When the Dragon reached his lair,

And turned to eat her-she wasn't there.

The little Princess went for a sail

On the back of a pointed and slippery whale,

But his head grew so small as it got toward his tail

That she slid off behind in his long white trail;

So:

The whale sailed on in spray and in foam,

And the little Princess hurried home.

The little Princess took a balloon

And started up to visit the Moon;

She found that the edges curved up like a spoon,

And she curled up inside like a little cocoon;

So: 

Since she couldn't fall over and couldn't tip out,

I think she is living there still, no doubt.