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Bob Tucker (oldcoach77@aol.com)
Grandpa Tucker's Rhymes and Tales (http://www.grandpatucker.com)

SNAKE TUT

Sammy Snake read a flashy brochure
And signed up for the Egyptian tour.
He dreamed of Cleopatra's beauty
And hoped he'd meet a cobra cutie.

So Sammy packed his bag with care,
His fang brush and clean underwear.
He was anxious for the time to pass,
For he hated flying serpent class.

When they arrived the ground was sand,
It wasn't like American land.
A cooling stream looked good to him
So Sammy decided to take a swim.
 
While floating down this famous Nile
Sam met a toothy crocodile.
He didn't want to be a meal
For this crocodile, whose name was Neal.

Now Neal was known across the Nile
As a croc who never wore a smile.
In every race he was the winner
The loser then became Neal's dinner.

And, WOW, Neal turned, Sam heard him say,
"You look like a Snake from the USA."
Sam didn't know, for goodness sakes,
Neal was a guide for tourist snakes.

And so the two set out to see 
The sites from Egypt history.
Neal said, "My friend, we won't come back
Till we've seen obelisks at old Karnak."

They went to Giza for a pyramid show,
Where they wrapped the mummies long ago.
A sarcophagus caused Sammy to hiss,
"At home a coffin looks nothing like thisssss!!"

The tourists all would give a smile
To this little snake and the crocodile.
As Neal continued with the story
Of Egypt and its time of glory.

"There was a gal named Nefertiti,
King Akhenaton's special sweetie,
All folks and snakes just cleared her way
And they all did what she would say.

"But things did not get in a rut,
Soon after her came Old King Tut.
One spiffy dude, at least I'm told,
When he died they filled his tomb with gold."

Neal told of Pharaohs and of kings
Building pyramids and other things.
Then waved a tale of mystery
Of snakes in Egypt history.

"Cleopatra had a snake as a pet
And so did others of the royal set.
Those fancy snakes, it has been said,
Each wore a turban on its head."

"And as this Egypt tour is through
I have a little gift for you."
It was a cloth real long and bright
And Neal helped Sammy fold it right. 

Sam put the turban on his head.
This flashing cloth of blazing red.
And then he did his fancy strut,
Sam acted like he was Snake Tut.

Sam's back home telling other snakes
"Get out and go, that's all it takes.
I'm checking now and soon will know
The next great place that I will go."

			--Grandpa Tucker
			Copyright c1997 by Bob Tucker
		
Copyright c1997 by Bob Tucker (oldcoach77@aol.com). All rights reserved.
Grandpa Tucker's Rhymes and Tales (http://www.grandpatucker.com)