You can find the full poem online here I still haven’t found the book for myself, so I can’t comment on the illustrated form of the story. Want a hint about what happens next when a nasty pirate shows up? Let’s just say that even a cowardly dragon can be brave and save the day. Mustard was as brave as a tiger in a rage, Now the name of the little black kitten was Ink,Īnd the little gray mouse, she called her Blink,Īnd the little yellow dog was sharp as Mustard,īut the dragon was a coward, and she called him Custard.īelinda was as brave as a barrel full of bears,Īnd Ink and Blink chased lions down the stairs, With a little black kitten and a little gray mouse,Īnd a little yellow dog and a little red wagon, It begins:ĭon’t the illustrations look cute? I want to find this book! It’s definitely meant for children, but I still think it’s really cute. Who knew? I had only ever seen it in poem-form in an anthology. When I was looking it up online to share with you, I discovered that The Tale of Custard the Cowardly Dragon was even made into an illustrated children’s book. Yes, one of those was about a dragon: Custard the Cowardly Dragon, to be exact.
On my to-read-someday list is a collection of Nash’s work-I’ve only ever read a few scattered pieces in varying anthologies. To this day, I still swear by the truth of his statements on centipedes, and I’m terribly curious to know what rattlesnake tastes like. You’ll find it tastes a lot like chicken.’īecause it tastes like rattlesnake meat.”
A lot of his poems showed up in various beloved anthologies from my childhood, and I still remember poems like these two: Have you heard of him? He’s the poet (1902-1971) who wrote wonderfully catchy little rhymes like God in His wisdom made the fly / and then forgot to tell us why or The trouble with a kitten is that / eventually it becomes a cat. I was thinking about Ogden Nash yesterday.
My new goal? Instead of promising that my posts will appear on certain days and then feeling guilty when life happens and I don’t make it, I’ll aim for Monday/Wednesday posts yet promise nothing more than to stay as close to two posts a week as I humanly can. Not only that, when I started this blog, I said I would post every Monday and Wednesday-yet some weeks I post on Tuesday or Friday or some other day instead. Last week, I promised I would be back on Monday, but it’s not Monday-it’s already Tuesday. I’ve learned that in the blogging world, as anywhere, you shouldn’t make promises you can’t keep. Today I’m pondering poetry (yes, poetry can deal with dragons!), but a quick note first:
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