went out for a stroll
came upon a tollbridge
couldn’t pay the toll
don’t pay – don’t cross
or you’ll die
warned a posted scroll
muskrat laughed then strolled ahead
next day they found bridge troll dead
smiling muskrat strolled on
rob kistner © 2019
A story that keeps repeating…
Ah yes, but there is a twist to this one Kerfe… 🙂
Nice sound and happy ending (at least for the muskrat).
Mean old bridge troll got his come-uppens Frank! 😉
Hello Rob! I read this on the WP reader and the ending is different than through your website. Could there be a 3rd ending where the two become friends and live happily ever after? I do very much like the rhyming sounds in both versions!
Hi Irma. There is only one final edit of this poem, the one on my website. Perhaps and early draft got grabbed by the reader?
Glad the muskrat made the bridge safer for everyone.
Tough little muskrat… 😉
Rob, you’re on a Troll Roll! Very entertaining stuff, especially that muskrat!
Tough little muskrat… 😉