Codex - A Cha-boot Compendium

Section 1
"A Cha-boot Compendium -""A tribute to the travellers who hold this form dear. I wrote these as a tribute to the world that once was,""(Translated from the Mellifluan by Banton)""There once was an odd Saborian,""Who practised her fine oratory in,""A Verduban dome,""So far north of home,""It was practivally hyperborean."

Section 2
"There once was a flautist Cha-boot,""Who desired to nick all the loot,""'Though she was eager,""The treasure was meagre,""So she sucked it all up with her flute."

Section 3
"There once was a lady of Gall,""For whom a Karem did fall,""She denied his advances,""Miming studious trances,""And making him feel rather small."

Section 4
"There once was a man from Geutine, Who liked to keep his teeth clean, He picked up a stick, And gave it a lick, Which made such an act lock obscene."

Section 5
"There was a girl of Bargu Jiu,""Who got her foot stuck in a shoe,""With a needle and thread""She put it to bed,""'Though her foot began leaking red goo."

Section 6
"There once lived a man in Ozurgeti,""Who would only eat wholemeal spaghetti,""He took it out of a tin,""And sucked it all in,""And spent the rest of the day on the settee."

Section 7
"There once was a warlock from Putty""Who put cashews in his butty,""They wobbled about,""And tasted dried out,""No wonder they said he was nutty."

Section 8
"There was a Pin from Huacanado,""Who ate the stones of avocado,""He let the flesh go grey""or threw it away,""For he was a drupe aficionado."

Section 9
"There once was a Pekoe or Koinos,""Who swapped out his gourd for a loincloth,""He said it was freeing,""Especially when peeing,""And was thinking of taking it all off."

Section 10
"There once was a Green Island belle,""Who lived in a bright orange shell,""A murky old lair,""Awash wish sea hare,""Which begins to explain the bad smell."

Section 11
"There once was a Great Marsha of Darnik,""Who was always incredibly seasick,""When Atlas brought Flight,""The lad saw the light,""And built a gargantuan skyship."

Section 12
"There was a green zealot of Wellah, A rigid and tiresome young fella' But matters imperial, Turned matters funereal, When he met with a moving propeller."

Section 13
"There was an old lady of Diva,""Who contracted a rare type of fever,""She went down south,""Where they looked in her mouth,""And chopped off her tongue with a cleaver."

Section 14
"There was once a dice man of Holo,""Who found defeat hard to swallow,""He called the other a cheat""And stoof on his feet,""Inciting the fracas that followed."

Section 15
"The was a young swordsman of Karem,""Who desired to have his own harem,""He grew do dejected,""When ladies objected,""That he bathed in a bucket of Arum."

Section 16
"There was young scab of Darat,""Whose paws were as quick as a cat.""He'd pilfer and pluck,""From any old duck,""And keep it all under his hat."

Section 17
"There once was a girl of Redusa,""Who gave her friend a reducer,""It was right in the belly""She gave it some welly,""Turns out she'd been called a Medusa."

Section 18
"There once was a girl of Agbana,""Assigned to work as a tanner.""She went at a pinch,""and thought it a cinch,""To raise the old leather banner."

Section 19
"There was an old crone from Selene,""Who made a tincture of bean,""The moon looked down""And gave her a frown,""Saying, 'that stuff'll make you turn green.'"