Dog and Frog

 (original poem 2- ballad)

Once upon a time there was a frog

He lived with his best friend, a dog

They were sick of their boring lives

They picked up and left a letter

"We are going and leaving for the better"

Put it in an envelope for their wives

The pair went adventuring off the city

they bustled like bees and it was pretty

until they met two men with knives

"Good God, look at these creatures"

"We could sell their coats to dealers"

Dog is caught but Frog survives.

Explanation:

This is a poem about two animals who leave their homes and then run into men who sell animal fur. For some reason I gave it a gruesome end. It is a ballad with 4 stanzas with 3 lines each.  The rhyme scheme is AAB CCB DDB EEB. In the last stanza, the first line has an allusion with "Good God.." Third stanza, second line contains a simile comparing the two animals to bees. The whole poem contains rhyming.