There was once an orchid 
With beautiful white flowers
She loved lots of sunshine 
And gentle rain showers 

Her petals looked like little moths
Fluttering in the breeze
She lived between two branches 
Of the great banyan tree
 
The bigger plants were kind to her
And let her play with them
She’d sway her snowy flowers about 
And shake her leafy stem

One day it rained so very hard 
Moth orchid was quite drenched 
Her head of flowers hung down low 
Touching the wooden bench 

The plants around her tried to help 
But could not pick her up 
She drooped towards the bench some more 
And there her stem got stuck 

When the rain finally stopped
The gardener ambled out 
He saw poor Mothy on the bench 
And took her in the house 

He put her in some coconut husk 
And kept her indoors for a day  
Then put her back on the banyan tree 
Where she still lives, grows and plays.