Watermelon and Behemoth

On a hot summer day by the sea
Behemoth rested and cooled down in water.
He splashed and laughed, he was cheerful,
But he did not go far from the shore.

Watermelon slowly rolled out of dense forest
And hiding in the grass, rolled towards Behemoth.
He was juicy and sweet, as if he had the sun inside,
And he wanted to make friends, but didn't know how.




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"Behemoth, why do you swim only near the shore?" -
Said Watermelon, starting a conversation.

"I'm just standing in the water because I can't swim," -
Behemoth responded innocently, raising tons of spray.

"Let's swim to the middle of sea, - suggested Watermelon. -
It’s interesting there, all sorts of outlandish fish live there!"

"I just told you I can't swim. You're saying weird things."

"Nothing strange, I'm a great swimmer and I'll help you."

"Will you help me swim to the middle of sea? - Behemoth asked. -
And how much will it cost me? I didn't take my wallet to beach.
As for smartphone payments and all that nonsense,
I don’t trust this, and I didn’t take smartphone to the beach,
Because I don’t have it!" - Behemoth burst out laughing.

Watermelon also smiled and continued the small talk:
"I understand you, I also don't trust all this fashionable tinsel,
I don't like money at all, I like disinterested friendship,
Therefore, I will help you swim to the middle of sea for free."

"Will you help me swim to the middle of sea? - Behemoth repeated. -
And won't you take money from me? Seriously?"

"I swear! Hold on to me, let's swim!"

The half-sea journey was long and quite interesting,
But we will not talk about it,
Because the most interesting thing happened later.

"Well, here is the middle of sea, - Watermelon announced. -
And you should pay your fare if you want to get home."

"But you promised to help me for free!" - Behemoth pleaded.

"I didn't just promise, I swore that I would take you
To the middle of sea for free, but I didn’t say anything
About the way back, so if you recorded our conversation
On a voice recorder hidden somewhere..."

"Okay, I'll pay! Drive me to shore, and I'll find money for you!"

"You mean you don't have any money with you? Really?
Attention attention! Stowaway on board! Red protocol activated!" -
Watermelon spoke like he was a robot talking on the radio.

Here we will do without details, only inform dear readers,
That red protocol was activated successfully.

"It's a pity, but today I could not make friends with anyone again, -
Watermelon said with regret, getting out of the water to shore. -
Tomorrow I'll try again. Maybe tomorrow I'll succeed.
I have to hurry before someone sticks a knife in my back."



The original text was written by me in Russian. I haven't studied English systematically so the translation may not be ideal. The main work was done by Google Translate, I just corrected obvious absurdities, where I noticed them and where I did not confuse them with brilliant insights.