Oh Coconuts!

Once there was a cargo ship
sailing with a load of coconuts. 
It sailed into a storm on that trip,
and the wind and the waves made it start to tip. 
The Captain said, "Oh coconuts!"
He lost that load of coconuts. 

Once there was a hungry shark
swimming through a load of coconuts.
A craving lit up like a spark,
and he ate until well after dark.
Stuffed, he said, "Oh coconuts!"
His teeth all broke on coconuts.

Once there was a jellyfish
that bumped into a sinking coconut. 
To be a coconut became its wish. 
“It's better to be hard than to squish!”
It sighed and said, "Oh coconuts!
I'll never be a coconut!"

Once there was a hermit crab
that moved into a broken coconut. 
The crab's old shell was cramped and drab. 
This brand new shell was quite a grab! 
It trudged and said, "Oh coconuts!
This is a heavy coconut!"

Once there was a fishing line
that hooked onto a walking coconut.
It was hard to haul, which was a good sign. 
The fisherman pulled with all his spine!
And then he said, "Oh coconuts!
This fish is just a coconut!"

Once there was a gray seagull
that saw a crab in a coconut.
He scooped up the coconut, crab and all.
From the sky he lost his grip and let it fall.
The seagull cried, "Oh coconuts!
There goes my crab and coconut!"

Once there was a businessman
whose head caught a falling coconut.
It hurt, but suddenly he had a plan.
“I could sell coconuts in Japan!”
He frowned and said. "Oh coconuts!
I’ll need a ship for coconuts!"

Once there was a cargo ship
sailing with a load of coconuts. 
It sailed into a storm on that trip,
and the wind and the waves made it start to tip. 
The Captain said, "Oh coconuts!"
He lost that load of coconuts.