When the going gets weird the weird turn pro

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Fish Time by luN4:

"I sent to them again to say
'It will be better to obey?

The fishes answered with a grin,
'why, what a temper you are in!'

I told them once, I told them twice:
They would not listen to advice.

I took a kettle large and new,
Fit for the deed I had to do.

My heart went hop, my heart went thump;
I filled the kettle at the pump.

Then some one came to me and said,
'The little fishes are in bed!'

I said to him, I said it plain,
'Then you must wake them up again.'

I said it very loud and clear;
I went and shouted in his ear."

And he was very proud and stiff;
He said, 'I'd go and wake them; if - '

I took a crokscrew from the shelf:
I went to wake them up myself.

And when I found the door was locked,
I pulled and pushed and kicked and knocked.

And when I found the door was shut,
I tried to turn the handle, but - "