Ode to Odie is a poem Garfield raps, telling a story about Odie in Ode to Odie.
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Garfield[]
- I decided late one Sunday,
- I would sleep til' half past Monday,
- Suddenly, I felt a tap,
- Which awoke me from my nap,
- I awoke and found before me,
- Someone who was sure to bore me,
- 'Please leave me to sleep' I chirped,
- That was when the creature slurped,
- Just then, the surprise was sprung,
- Seven yards of doggy tongue,
- Doggy tongues will always trick you,
- Look so harmless 'til they lick you,
Odie[]
- Pant, pant* Ruff!
- Pant, pant* Ruff!
Garfield[]
- He let out a loving howl,
- I went out to get a towel,
- When a dog's enthusiastic,
- What you want to do is drastic,
- All my fur was wringing wet,
- Should have had it washed and set,
- 'Let me sleep' I'd often told him,
- Looked like I would have to scold him,
- I was in for a surprise,
- When I looked into his eyes,
- Pleading as they were for mercy,
- Left me with a controversy,
- Then I got a wondrous notion,
- How to sleep without commotion,
- So he'd leave this cat alone,
- I dug out his favorite bone,
- Figured if I couldn't cure him,
- Next best thing would be to lure him,
- When he came back, he would find,
- I had locked the door behind,
- Now at least his dripping yap,
- Wouldn't interrupt my nap,
- In my world, there's no excusing,
- When you interrupt my snoozing,
- So while I was busy snoring,
- My friend Odie went exploring,
- Usually, he doesn't roam,
- Quite this far away from home,
- But he wandered to an alley,
- Where the tough dogs often dally,
- You would be a little nuts,
- To go near these mangy mutts,
- Odie never comprehends,
- He decided to make friends.
- When they saw this shy intruder,
- They could scarcely have been ruder,
- Odie's thoughts are always sunny,
- What, he wondered, was so funny,
- 'This' one said, 'is not a dog',
- 'Maybe this is someone's frog',
- 'It's no frog' the other said,
- 'It's a rat that ain't been fed!',
- 'Naw' the biggest one exclaimed,
- 'I know what this runt is named',
- 'Not a frog and not a rat',
- 'This is just a teensy gnat',
- Then he grabbed poor Odie's bone,
- And he claimed it for he's own,
- Odie, you must understand,
- Always wants to lend a hand,
- Anytime or anywhere,
- Odie would be glad to share,
- But you have to do it right,
- Taking things is not polite,
- Odie wanted it returned,
- His request was promptly spurned,
- Odie wound up wet and soggin'
- With a frog upon his noggin,
- He made sure the frog was thrown back,
- Now he'd go to get his bone back,
- But before our friend returned,
- One of them seemed most concerned,
- She said she was not amused,
- At the way he'd been abused,
- 'Butch' she said, 'you're very tough',
- 'Did you have to be so rough?',
- Just then, Odie reappeared,
- The bulldog gave a laugh and sneered,
- Picked up Odie, very crass,
- Threw him for a forward pass,
- Now the other dog agreed,
- That was not a funny deed,
- And she told the bulldog he,
- Really should let Odie be,
- Butch said that he wasn't done,
- Pounding Odie's too much fun,
- That was when he looked and found,
- That his ladies weren't around,
- They decided they would flee with,
- Someone much more nice to be with,
- They led Odie to a world,
- Where he'd not be kicked or hurled,
- Butch was left there all alone,
- With no friends, just Odie's bone,
- So they marched the little waif,
- To the home where he'd be safe,
- Odie had made life long pals,
- With a couple doggie gals,
- Someone had not figured fully,
- People never love a bully,
- So our tale is adjourned,
- With this lesson to be learned,
- Helpless folks you shouldn't flog,
- People love an underdog.
- The end.