Free Pats

I got a request to write a bedtime story, this was the result.

Free Pats

Once upon a hat

sat a rat that gave out free pats.

Each pat he gave

to those who so craved

a simple hello or a touch.

And so he made

a friend or ten.

They came to see him

again and again

despite that he did not do much.

Then one day

the hat for that rat

sat empty, flat and grey.

For the rat had moved on.

His pats were all gone.

There were others to pat

for this gay little rat

made new friends as he went on his way

But those left behind

exchanged their own pats in kind

and together they now did play.

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