Dr. Hickerup (Part 1 of 3)

Billy got the hiccups on one dull and dreary day,
And try although he might they simply would not go away.
The hiccups made poor Billy bleat like some sad little goat.
Passersby would stare and pry, “You got frogs in that throat?”

When the hiccups grew so mighty that the boy could hardly stand,
Billy went to Dr. Hickerup- the hiccup healing man.
The doc was famous in the town for all his fancy cures.
Eccentric, yes, but patients found they got hiccups no more.

Billy stood upon tiptoe to ring the office bell.
“Step inside,” the doc replied. “We’re going to get you well.”
Dr. Hickerup was lean and stood about six feet.
He saw the child, waved and smiled and said, “Have a seat.”

“Are you allergic?” asked the doc. The boy then hiccupped, “Nope.”
“Great,” said Dr. Hickerup as he grabbed the stethoscope.
“HICCUP” the sad, sick child hicked before the doc could start.
He listened to the young boy’s chest and sighed, “You’re off the chart.”
“What shall I do?” poor Billy cried. “Well now, are you insured?”
“I think I am,” the lad replied. “Then soon you shall be cured!”

The doctor took the child’s hand and led him cross the floor
Beyond the tiled waiting room to a hall with five big doors.
“Behind these doors,” the doctor said as he waved a latexed hand,
“Are my best cures. Some strange, scary, simple, silly, and grand.
As it’s your first time visiting, let’s start with something fun.”
Billy took a big deep breath as the doc opened Door One.

And what a scene met Billy’s eyes as the door now stood ajar:
A giraffe of quite enormous size was on some monkey bars!
“Hiccup!” the young lad hicked again. “Now how will this help me?”
“Why don’t you go and play?” Doc said. “And then drink this and see?”

So Billy swung on monkey bars and hung upon the neck
Of the most obliging giraffe at hand, the nicest one he’d met.
Eventually, he got thirsty and hanging upside down
He sipped and sipped the watery mix while trying not to drown.
The medicine poured down his throat but failed to cure the youth.
“It didn’t (HICCUP) work,” he said. The doctor sighed, “Door Two.”

TUNE IN NEXT MONDAY FOR PART TWO