Jake the Grape

On a lighter note, here is a small fable meant for children 

I hope some children get to read and love the story

and perhaps it can give at least a smile to some adults :)

Here it comes:

This is the story of Jake of the Grape

 

You may know that grapes do not live very long

So, every other day they have a birthday celebration

Their desire for fun is extremely strong

 

Now Jake the Grape had a special dream

 He wanted on one of his own birthdays

 To sit on a birthday cake amidst the cream.

 

 The other grapes ware scared for Jake

 You do not want just to sit on a birthday cake

 

 The chance of being eaten is a terrible plight

 Even though sitting on top of a cake is a pure delight

 But Jake sneaked into a bakery at night

 And the next day, he sat on a cake, what a sight!

 

 A whole group of people was singing a birthday song

 Before the cake was cut to pieces oblong.

 

 Jake the grape, was the only grape on the cake

 And he ended up on the birthday-boy’s plate

 Now for good heaven’s sake,

 The boy did not like to eat grapes

 

 He threw Jake silently on the ground

 While none of the other people around

 Were looking and thus were unaware

 That Jake just lay on the floor somewhere

  

The next morning, mother swept the floor

 And Jake ended up among the flower bed

 That was located not far from the door

 That was as good for Jake as it ever could get.

  

Now a wonderful vine is growing near the house

 But except the birthday-boy, nobody knows

 That the vine was made

 By Jake the Grape from the birthday cake.

 

Aufie Zophy