Dr. I.M.A. Stalk

Returned from his walk

With a curious stick in his hand

"Electra, come see

This stick's looking at me

Chirping something I can't understand."

Electra drew near

The better to hear

And the stick at once started to speak,

"I am her to help you

Morph a doodle or two

I shall be here for only a week."

"A stick that can walk

A stick that can talk

I'm impressed," said Electra, "Indeed!"

"Enough of this chatter

Here's Stik Ladee's data

Tell me friend, what will you need?"

"One apple a day

Send no spinach its way

And a hot dog for dinner each night

It's afraid of the dark

In the Lab or the park

So keeping a light on is right

It wants to be funny

Add a tincture of sunny

To the test tube that you have marked Notion

And in the last minute

Stir this crystal sand in it

That I brought from the Indian Ocean."

Electra's eyes popped

When the stick finally stopped

Listing all of the things it required

"I can get what you ask for

So let's start the task for

Morphing the doodle desired."

The Lab was so busy

Stalk's one EYE was dizzy

The experiment buzzed to the end

And on the last day

The walking stick went away

Leaving this note for his friend

"When the potion is done

Stik Ladee for fun

Wants a dog for a pet and my hunch

If that dog sees a stick

It will chew on it quick

And it might become somebody's lunch."