Adventures of Toggin Tuck and Trixie

In this garden of toys, once the sun goes down
And the store is closed and no people are 'round,
Three makers of mischief will often be found.

The leader of the gang with his sharp little noggin
Has a pair of red boots and he goes by Toggin

When he walks through the forest he can hardly be seen
For his jacket and trousers are just the right shade of green.

The two other friends: a pair like no other
Are from a gnomish family and are sister and brother

Tuck is the oldest of this sibling crew
With a greenish knob on his hat made of blue

And Trixie his sister can hardly be led
She will steal the show with her suit orange-red.

Together these three make a wondrous team
Going on adventures that one can hardly dream

One such adventure happened just last night
It was utterly outrageous, even out of sight.

It all started on a clear cloudless night
And through the windows all the sky was in sight

Tuck's imagination was held by the stars
So he spoke to Toggin about traveling to Mars

Toggin's great-grandfather had been to outer space
So naturally he assumed he knew all about that place.

He said, "What we need first to go on our trip,
Is our very own, very reliable speedy space ship."

So together they schemed and together they planned
Of things that could fly and hopefully land.

After many long minutes they finally decided
On a plan of attack so they went off and tried it.

They crossed the store, to the scientific kits
and ripped them open in a creative little fit.

They mixed and they matched and poked and prodded
Whenever they felt satisfied their little heads nodded

The Lego-like pieces of the physics workshop
Made the frame of their ship from bottom to top.

Since they had no rivets or a scrap of steel
they held the ship together with a magnetic field

And to ensure it had fuel it seemed a safe bet
To make something up with the chemistry set.

They were finally ready after much experimentation
And they jittered and twittered with grand anticipation.

They got in the ship starting it up with a whir
And the world around them turned into a blur.

Then as if a thousand people suddenly said WHOP
The blurriness cleared and the whirriness stopped.

The space ship was gone, it simply disappeared
though it is far less simple than the event would appear.

The three tricksters were left alone on the floor
and everything seemed much bigger than before.

Tuck asked the question, "Why is everything so tall?"
And Trixie corrected him, "I think we got small!"

The magical WHOP shrunk them to a smaller size
They could barely believe it, it was such a surprise.

"We are oh so tiny, whatever shall we do?"
They sat and thought and didn't have a clue.

But Toggin jumped with a start and quickly took charge,
"We must explore this world so large!"

But alas it is late and time to go to bed
You may hear the rest of the story after you have rested your weary head.

To Be Continued.