Dumbo was an octopus 
Who lived on the ocean floor 
He was the cutest little thing   
And had big floppy ears 

But they were not really ears you see
Just fins that flopped about
He looked like Dumbo the elephant
So that’s also the name he got 

Dumbo the little cephalopod 
Was as lonely as can be
He didnt mind the zero sunshine
But how he wished for some company! 

One day while nibbling on some snails
Wondering what colour to wear that day
He spied a stranger floating above
Had another octopus come down to play?

He umbrella-drifted towards his new friend
Blowing bubbles along the way
He gaily waved his eight tentacles 
But the stranger kept floating away

Dumbo blinked and saw that he had
Mistaken a bunch of old seaweed
For a buddy who’d play fun games with him
Diving, swimming and hide ‘n’ seek

He decided to wear [put your favorite color here] that day
Changing the colour of his skin
Dumbo knew that some day soon
He would drift into his best friend.