The Clam's Hidden Pearl

Down, down deep, where the sunlight sleeps, At the bottom of the ocean, secrets it keeps. Coral castles rise, in colors so bright, Fish flutter and flash, a wondrous sight.

A grumpy old Clam, with a shell thick and wide, Sat snoring softly, with the turning of the tide. Inside his shell, a secret unknown, A tiny Pearl nestled, all snug and alone.

Something inside the Clam, tickled and gleamed, He woke with a jolt, from a watery dream! He opened his shell, just a crack, peek-a-boo! And there, shining brightly, a pearl pearly new!

A Starfish zoomed by, with a bubbly "Hello!" "What have you got there, Clam? Something aglow!" The Clam puffed his cheeks, with a watery sigh, "It's a Pearl, little Starfish, right here in my eye!"

He hadn't known it was there, tucked in so deep, This shimmering treasure, the ocean would keep. The Starfish exclaimed, with a joyful bright gleam, "A sparkling pearl treasure! It's better than cream!"

So the Clam and the Starfish, with Pearl in their hold, Paraded around, a story to be told. Of a grumpy old Clam, and a treasure he found, The shiniest pearl, in the ocean around!