"The Great Blunder in the Sky"

Little Lillie was lying sprawled on a patch of fuzzy grass

Her tiny eyes diving deep into the winking stars

“How pretty it is!” she pondered for the nth time-

When out of the blue, a twinkle flashed across the sky

Lillie leapt up in bewilderment, and grabbing her telescope

Peeped at the sky behind the glass, trudging down the grassy slope

A something waved at her from the glittering yonder

What was it – a giant nebulous wanderer?

No, it was – “An asteroid!”, as she recalled from her astronomy lessons

But why did it have rock-strewn eyes, a milky moustache, and that comical expression?

“Can any kind being help poor Mikey find his way?”

The asteroid warbled funnily, and Lillie gasped at the creature, amazed

Exclaiming, “My, oh my, it speaks! My teacher never said!”

The asteroid’s eyes landed on Lillie and he wiggled his head

“Yes, I speak, little being, you can call me Mikey.”

“Call me Lillie,” she nodded, so did he, shaking his hair all spiky

“How did you get hit astray, Mikey, in the cosmos?”

Mikey shrugged, “The traffic lights– the stars– they got me lost.

I was in the middle of a very important mission, for what it’s worth

Kind Lillie, can you show me the way to Earth?”

“Follow, the big yellow traffic light,” she politely said, “It is called the Sun.

And Earth is the blue planet revolving around it, the most beautiful one.”

Mikey smiled waggishly, and bowing down to show a revolting view of his spikes,

Said, “Thank you, buddy,” to which Lillie replied, “Bye, bye, Mike!”

And Lillie, lolling on the grass so fine

Was happily lost in the ocean of stars, they were so divine

Until she heard the wail of sirens and the flash of electric red lights:

“Gigantic asteroid barrels towards Earth. Scientists say meteorite

Sprinting at 70 miles per second.”

Lillie sprang up, her eyes wide with shock, all joy abscond,

“Oh, no. Mikey.”