KIDSBOOKS | THE HAPPY SUBMARINE

There was once a little sub 
He was called Eleos*-Blue
His daddy had swum in world war One
His mummy in world war two

He had grown up being taught 
That his role was to fight 
To carry sailors in deep waters
Where there was zero light 

His little body had been trained 
To dive in extra deep 
Sharks and squids and anglerfish
Would never make that trip 

But in his tinny tiny heart 
The little sub didn’t like 
The grownup chore that they called war 
He was a happy little tyke

When the admirals saw that he 
Would beam with the purest joy 
Everytime he was visited 
By a little girl or boy 

They took him to the water park 
And put him in the pool
And there he still swims happily 
There never was a sub so cool!

* Eleos: In ancient Athens, Eleos was the personification of mercy and compassion – the counterpart of the Roman goddess Clementia.