Ishka and the Hedgehog

[pennfana]

What follows is the result of a combination of the Saturday Night Drabbles chat at The Petulant Poetess and karelia's recent account of finding a hedgehog in the garden and her dog Ishka's decision to bring the hedgehog indoors at night on at least two occasions. The scansion's not perfect, of course, and I had to add an extra verse in order to convey as

Comments

[gelsey]

This was great. I could practically hear it.

[pennfana]

Thank you. :)

[tophoenix]

Beautiful and brilliant! Thanks for share this lovely ballad :))

[pennfana]

Thanks very much. :) It was definitely fun to work on. :)

[bdouville]

I suspect that sooner or later, you'll turn one of my LJ entries into an old English folk song. :)

Cheers,

Bruce

[pennfana]

Oh, Bruce, don't tempt me! :) Although with you, I might use a Welsh or French tune instead. ;)