The rest of the gang knew they were all in a stew
And they all came at Flippety at the count of two.
They even sent Ray, who was in the way, with Goo
To try to find some more of their kind and crew.
A churlish hand, snatched a girlish hand, and flew
And no one but he (the chimpanzee) took Sue.
Twenty to one may sound like a lot to you
But Flippety's smile just kept smiling through.
Then he looked up by chance to see Ray and Goo
And a whole host of others just gettin in the stew.
Flippety finally felt foolish and began to rue
The day he'd heard of the flea, fly, Floo.
Then to the front of the fray there flew
Flip the flop-eared fresh from Kalamazoo.
A strange stately silence fell over that crew
As they stared at Flip`s foot, without a shoe!
"I beg your pardon, you rascals you
When you stole my shoe you left a clue
And straight to Leroy I did construe
Was where I'd find Flippety and my old blue shoe.
"I'm retired as a cop, but for this derring do
I don't even need the tip of my shoe."
Then with a flourish, he bowed and he threw
His costume to Leroy, and the other blue shoe.
The fleas and the bees and the birds all knew
That flea-flicker flayers would soon fall in the dust and the dew.
But the flea-flickers flipped and they flopped anew
As they flicked those fleas back to the trees and the dew.
When the smoke cleared but the bird with a beard, so true
Floo said, "I've found you don't even need your shoe,
So me and my guys will bid you all adieu.
But how come you two are so good in a stew?"
Then Leroy lowly loped on through
When he told them all how Flippety Floppety flew:
"When you're young and impatient, and a Flea-Flicker too,
Your parents don't know what you can do.
"A Flea-Flicker fights, that's nothing new
But will it be for evil, or true and blue?
So they have to wait for a time and a clue,
And match him with folks from Beauregard Stew.
"And once they see that he'll come through
He's offered a job, a cape, and a crew.
But Flip never expected and he never knew
His son would handle himself so true.
"And whether he chooses police work in Kalamazoo
Or decides against it - he can do that too.
There's one more detail before I'm through;
Wherever is that monkey that took Sweet Sue?"
"I sit on the knee of the Chimpanzee", said Sue
And my pet is he, he looks after me, and I knew
This adventure was over, playin’ in the dust and the dew
With Leroy the Lop-eared and how Flippety Floppety Flew.”
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BOOK FIVE
How Boogety Lost His Shoe
or
Boogety, Boogety, Boogety, Boogety, Boogety, Boogety, Boogety Shoo
Before the days of the flea, fly Floo
And before flea flickers were on their cue
Or before flea flicker flayers raised such a stew
There lived a flop eared fella with a whole ‘nother crew.
He was a friendly fella fresh from Kalamazoo
Quite young in the face, an intimate hue
This fine fella founded the school of the shoe
At the very tender age of only two.
They called him Boogety, and it was quite true
If you wanted to know the size of his shoe
You’d have to meet young Boogety
And just look at that shoe.
But his name was Free, and he lived in a tree in a zoo
A wife had he, a pretty young flea named Roo.
But if you’re ever down to that part of town, you knew
About a rowdy crew led by a pig faced Schmoo.
He fell for Roo and spread out his feathers and flew
Trying to impress this sweet young lady he knew.
So Horace came down from the wrong side of town in the dew
To find old Boogety and give him a taste of his shoe.
He leaped in the air and smacked with his shoe
The chin of boogety and it turned a bright blue.
But he just stood there and tried to be true
To the ways of fairness and the right thing to do.
Boogety just smiled and blocked him from view
So there'd be no fights in Kalamazoo.
But Horace simply parried and had another clue
About how to raise the ire of this guy that he knew
So Horace then stared and glared in the dew
And said, “old Boogety here’s what we'll do.
We'll stand toe to toe and before we're through
Only one will be standing in the dust and the dew.”
Horace looked at Boogety in the dust and the dew
And said “Old boy, I’ll be the first one through.”
Our Boogety pulled back with a courteous adeiu,
But Horace had tricks that weren’t very true.
He took a three toed gnat named Ooby Doo
And high in the air for everyone there that he knew
When Ooby came down on his feet with a frown they knew
That a fight was on in the dew and the dawn and the Shoe.
Horace had almost forgotten about Roo
She liked old Boogety and the way he could shoo.
So while dastardly deeds were done she knew
She’d have to help Free and let Boogety Boogety Shoo.
Roo caught him in the middle of his darkening doo
While his crew were on Free assailing on cue.
He staggered on back and right away he knew
The way to beat Free was threaten the redheaded Roo.
Horace just spat and dragged the floor with his shoe
With an evil hiss, he wanted to start to get through
Friends said to Free, “Just let him be, the big Hoo”.
But Horace just laughed as he reached out his hand and struck Roo.
Free changed his name and gained his fame and a shoe
When he lit in to Horace, and all of his darkening doo.
He flicked so fast that no one knew
What happened to Horace or Free’s right shoe.
Boogety became a hero in the dust and the dew
And he soon founded the school of the shoe.
They sing his song yet in songs true and true
Of Boogety, Boogety, Boogety, Boogety, Boogety, Boogety, Boogety’s Shoe.
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