Shakespeare Revisited

Plumb in the sink (Winner, Cramp!)

I turned on the tap
For water, cold or hot
And instead you know
What I got?

I turned on the tap
For water, hot or cold
And instead, if I may
Be so bold

Let me tell you
it was an Etruscan shrew!
An Etruscan shrew, without a doubt
Is what came gushing out.

With the water, gushing by liters
Came this creature of 36 millimetres
Looking like its cousin, the mole
Weighing 1.5 grams on the whole

I took it in the palm of my hand
It wobbled, and then it did stand.
It gazed at me with its little eyes
"Now may I get my prize?"

Quickly, I searched the internet
They eat every insect they can get
But all the insects around
In the air or on the ground
Were bigger than my new pet
It was quite a puzzle, yet
I knew how I could solve it!
Take some honey and dissolve it!
Then my Etruscan shrew
Would drink the honey dew
And think it was a bee!
Wasn't that clever of me?

But the Taming of the Shrew
Couldn't happen, because he knew
All about Shakespeare
And said - 'Not to be, my dear'.

Thus quoting Hamlet
He wriggled down the outlet
But I tell you, I met
The cutest little pet yet.