The Banana Adventures

That brave and bold Banana
Adventurer was he
He sailed over the ocean waves
Across the briny sea

To the jungles of the Amazon
Where he trekked both night and day
In search of buried treasure
In a green and red beret

Until, one night, in jungle camp
Still brave and bold, but vaguely damp
A troop of monkeys gathered near
And Banana, wracked with fear
Paid a ransom for his hide
And thus survived when he might have died

In morning's light relieved but sore
Standing on the jungle floor
In deepest tones an oath he swore
To go adventuring no more
And homeward then, he sadly went
Dignified,
But slightly bent