Standing there in a rainbow of colours
a leprechaun with a fist full of dollars.
A pot of gold on the ground by his feet
A green hat and suit which was ever so neat.

"How do you do?", I heard him say,
"Would you like this gold to take away?"
"Yes", I replied. "What do I have to do?"
"Play a game or solve a riddle or two?"

"Neither" he replied as he shook his head.
Making me wonder what was left unsaid.
"All you need to say or do..."
"is to get me to leave this pot of gold for you."

Now leprechauns aren't stupid, I'm sure you know.
They are in the habit of breaking the status quo.
Quid pro quo is more their style,
which probably makes you want to run a mile.

Now getting back to the rest of the story
with the leprechaun by the pot taking inventory
"I'll take that challenge you have said"
"But have I been unwise, baited or misled?"

"Will you leave this pot right here"
"as I have a horse and cart over there?"
I walked away from him in such a rush
This was the equivalent to a royal flush!

I'd hit the jackpot or so I thought,
when I came back it was all for naught.
The pot was there just as he'd proclaimed
with a note inside saying I was to blame.

You asked me to leave the pot so I did I even took the liberty of leaving the lid. Your fault was in not mentioning the gold, or the fist full of dollars of which I had hold... This was a trick it's plain to see, to think like a leprechaun is the key. Next time, don't be so foolish and unwise, If you think like me you will get the prize!

I stared at the note and had to concede
all I thought about was my greed.
The moral of the story is easy to explain,
when you come across a leprechaun, you'd better use your brain!

This is where this tall story ends
I'm sure that you will comprehend...
never deal with a leprechaun who offers something for free
He'll never be straightforward & will most likely flee.

Hunting is such a futile sport,
and should only be done as a last resort.
So at the end of my tale I have to say,
Bao Bei is not the only thing that got away....