Whale and Mouse

A whale and a mouse

tried living together

in a shell house

deep down in the sea.

But the whale

wouldn't fit in

and the mouse

couldn't swim

in their shell house

deep down in the sea.

So they went their own ways,

got together on Sundays

to eat cookies, drink tea

and talk of their shell house

deep down in the sea.

      I was going to do something totally different for today, but this poem came out instead.  It is very rough-drafty, but that is OK.  I need something to start with for revisions.  It is always best to get something written so you have a place to start. 
I was going to create a fill in the blank poem, but that hasn't happened-- yet. The first thing for that poem was to name 2 animals, with the suggestion to make them as different as possible or opposite as you can.  That is how I ended up with a great big whale and a small furry mouse.  The question is always there--how can they be friends?  And there you have today's exercise.  Can you write a poem about 2 animals being friends?  Hey, have fun playing with this one.  It doesn't have to be animals.  Can you imagine the conversation between a great big double bass fiddle and a tiny flute?  How can they be friends?  Or the flute and a bird?  Now there is an interesting combination.  Have fun writing.