An Octopus' Garden for Singalong Thursday

I'd like to beUnder the seaIn an octopus' gardenIn the shade

He'd let us inKnows where we've beenIn his octopus' gardenIn the shade

I'd ask my friendsTo come and seeAn octopus' gardenWith me

I'd like to beUnder the seaIn an octopus' gardenIn the shade

We would be warmBelow the stormIn our little hideawayBeneath the waves

Resting our headOn the seabedIn an octopus' gardenNear a cave

We would singAnd dance aroundBecause we knowWe can't be found

I'd like to be

Under the seaIn an octopus' gardenIn the shade

We would shoutAnd swim aboutThe coral that liesBeneath the waves(Lies beneath the ocean waves)

Oh what joyFor every girl and boyKnowing they're happyAnd they're safe(Happy and they're safe)

We would be so happyYou and meNo one there to tell usWhat to do

I'd like to beUnder the seaIn an octopus' gardenWith you

In an octopus' gardenWith youIn an octopus' gardenWith you.

Octopus' Garden can be found on etsy.

The Silver Fish

by Shel Silverstein

While fishing in the blue lagoon
I caught a lovely silver fish,
And he spoke to me, "My boy," quoth he,
"Please set me free and I'll grant your wish...

A kingdom of wisdom? A palace of gold?
Or all the goodies your fancies can hold?"
So I said, "OK," and I threw him free,
And he swam away and he laughed at me
Whispering my foolish wish
Into a silent sea.
 

Today I caught that fish again,
That lovely silver prince of fishes,
And once again he offered me—
If I would only set him free—
Any one of a number of wonderful wishes...

He was delicious!

Un-delicious fishes here.

The Aquatic POV

A fish swimming the ocean

Found a shell within the sand.

He held it to his fishy ear

And through it, he heard land.

Try it.  Aquatic treasures here.

Oh, Myth! Yeth?

THE MERMAID

by Ogden Nash

Say not the mermaid is a myth,

I knew one once named Mrs. Smith.

She stood while playing cards or knitting;

Mermaids are not equipped for sitting.

Mermaids are not sitting here.

The Seal of Approval

Seal

by William Jay Smith

See how he dives

From the rocks with a zoom!

See how he darts

Through his watery room

Past crabs and eels

And green seaweed,

Past fluffs of sandy

Minnow feed!

See how he swims

With a swerve and a twist,

A flip of the flipper,

A flick of the wrist!

 

Quicksilver-quick,

Softer than spray,

Down he plunges

And sweeps away;

Before you can think,

Before you can utter

Words like "Dill pickle"

Or "Apple butter,"

Back up he swims

Past Sting Ray and Shark,

Out with a zoom,

A whoop, a bark;

Before you can say

Whatever you wish,

He plops at your side

With a mouthful of fish!

For a cute attack... 

For the earrings... 

Why the Whale Warbles

The humpback male whale sings a song



That's 10 to 20 minutes long.



We're not too sure of why he sings...



Perhaps for the fe-whales it brings.



For whale charms and amazing things.

Tale of the Green Whale

You've heard of the Blue Whale, the Humpback, the Orca,
And those tiny whales off the coast of Majorca.



The Pilot, the Pygmy, the Beaked, the Beluga,
The Gray and the Sperm and less-know Strap-Toothed-a.



But out of the whales (with baleens and without)
You never once met the Green Whale, I've no doubt.



A wonderful creature, the whale who is green
For he has the power to make oceans clean.



He purifies seas with a slap of his fin,
Neutralizes pollutants that people dump in.



He makes special reefs for all the ocean fishes
And creates kelp forests with splashes and splishes.



He banishes oil; he can un-do red tide.
How does he do it?  Well... that's classified.



Alas, the Green Whales lives in imagination
But if he were real, there'd be cause for elation.



Yes, if he existed, how great it would be
For all of the creatures who live in the sea.

Your own Green Whale can be found here.