User blog:Discofurby/Rhyming Recaps: Baby Steps

Clyde contacted Lincoln at one in the night.

Although it was late he was full of delight.

"Lincoln, I'm going to be a big brother!,"

Said Clyde, "My dads will be adopting another!".

"Did they tell you?" said Lincoln, and Clyde said, "Well, no,

But they had baby clothes and bottles around, so,

They must be getting a baby," concluded the boy,

"And I heard them talk of a new bundle of joy.

I'm incredibly happy but also quite scared.

I don't know how to be a big brother and I want to be prepared."

Linc said, "I will teach you but wait until it's nine."

Clyde agreed it was to early and thought nine sounded fine.

The next morning, Lincoln showed Clyde the Three C's:

That's confidence, caring, and cookies if you please.

When Lily was crying 'cause she hammered her thumb,

Lincoln demonstrated confidence to his chum,

By letting Lily know he could help her out,

Without expressing the least bit of doubt.

When he saw she had a sore thumb, he said, "And caring's like this,"

He gave her her corn popper and gave her thumb a kiss.

When Clyde mentioned a cookie, he gave her one too,

And he said, "Now you know just what to do."

The twins started squabbling and Lincoln said to Clyde,

"What do we need here?". "Confidence?" he replied.

He asked them what was up and young Lola said,

"Lana's meant to guide my tower but she attacked it instead."

Lincoln said, "I know how to get your play on track."

He pretended to be a troll so they both could attack.

Clyde said, "Good job, Linc, you handled that well."

He then spelt out "cookies", but six-year-olds can spell.

In their scuffle for cookies, Linc got a black eye.

He went down and put ice on it with a sigh.

Lisa needed help making PB&J,

Because although she did wacky science all day,

She wasn't allowed to use a bread knife.

Thankfully, for Lincoln, this didn't cause strife.

He made her the sandwich, then Lucy appeared,

In that sudden way that everyone feared.

She said, "What rhymes with 'tomb'. I need a poem for school."

Lincoln gave her some rhymes that she thought were cool.

Lana and Lisa were arguing now.

Clyde tried to stop them to see if he'd learnt how.

It turned out the reason they were acting so fighty,

Was that Lisa wanted to do an experiment on Bitey.

Then Lucy asked Clyde for advice on soulmates,

Which stumped Clyde 'cause he barely knows about dates.

Lola wanted Clyde to coreograph her ribbon dance,

But before Clyde had even a bit of a chance,

Lily came in because her corn popper broke.

He spilt its balls and said to the young folk,

"Just take the cookies!", the young boy did shout.

He ran down the stares, saw Lori, and passed out.

Clyde said to Lincoln, "Being a big brother's tough,

And I think that it's because I'm not confident enough.

Lucy asked for advice, but what if it's lame?

And Lola asked me to play an unfamiliar game.

What if I do it badly?" and Linc said, "Try again!",

But Clyde said, "I'm just not tough enough and I don't know when,

I'll be." Lincoln said, "Let's play games. I'll get a snack."

When Clyde was playing, Lisa came back.

She claimed she needed help tying her shoe.

Now that was something that Clyde knew what to do.

Lucy claimed that she needed a rhyme for "Lori",

So Clyde gave a long list including "inventory".

Lola said, "How do I do my seat belt."

Clyde helped her, surprised at how okay with this he felt.

Then, Lily came up and she wanted a book read.

"I'd be happy to do that for you," he said.

He said, "Lincoln, I'm suddenly confident now!",

But he saw that the young girls actually knew how,

To do what they wanted to do all along,

(Except Lily). It was a plan to make Clyde's confidence strong.

They'd pretended to need help and Linc gave them money.

Clyde went to Lincoln and said, "It's not funny!

You lied to me and I don't care why.",

And he angrily ran out the door with a sigh.

Then, he saw Lana way up in a tree.

Clyde said, "I know it's a trick, don't you see?".

Lana said, "No, we're really stuck, Bitey and I.

We're both scared of heights," and she looked ready to cry.

Clyde helped them down and said, "I'm confident enough!".

Linc apologised for giving him a time that was tough.

It turns out his dads were adopting, not a baby, but a cat,

Though Clyde was perfectly happy with that.