The Sponge
Sponges are funny things. They come in all manner of shapes, sizes and colors. TheyÂ’re very amenable, ready to serve whenever needed and never complain. Indeed, a sponge can sit for days on end, usually when we forget where it is, calmly watching its world go by without even a twitch. Always ready, however, to respond at an instant to any household emergency.
It wipes, it washes, it absorbs, it cleans and when we wring it to within an inch of its existence, it smiles and does it all over again.
Ah, yes, the sponge is a valuable companion. Bath Sponge is full of fun. It squidges and suds and playfully bounces from the walls without danger of damage – to wall or bath occupant. Such a friendly thing.
Outdoors Sponge is a robust creature. Put it in a bucket of cleaning concoction and it effortlessly creates glimmer from grime, converting the much loved but well-used family sedan into a Chariot of the Gods, a Head of StateÂ’s limousine, a veritable Rolls Royce in a sea of Mitsubishis…but I digress…
My son has a sponge in the shape of a dolphin. It didn’Â’t mean to look like a dolphin – thatÂ’s just how it ended up after being thoughtfully picked and plucked by industrious little fingers.
Dolphin Sponge has quite an interesting time. Apart from replacing the Teddy Bear as my sonÂ’s sleeping toy, it chases the cat – being tossed, of course, by those same little fingers – and just last night accompanied my husband on fire-fighting duty! How exciting it must have been for that little Dolphin Sponge to ride in a fire engine, sirens blaring, peeking out from my husbandÂ’s pocket at searing flames. I chuckle when I think of how that little Dolphin Sponge must have longed to help “mop up” after the hoses were turned off.
He arrived safely back home and into the hands of the little boy who created him, eager no doubt, to embark on another exciting adventure.
Ah yes…a world without sponges would be a world so sadly lessÂ… “spongy”.
ThereÂ’s something in that for all of us, donÂ’t you think?
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Sponges are useful items!
Too late I read that I should have placed large round ones to fit into the bottom of my terracotta pots before filling with soil which would have held water longer! I did however place chux cloths in each to stop the soil escaping the holes in the bottom.
Well, there’s always a next time! You know sponges don’t last long anyway.
Never have I come across a tribute to the lowly sponge written so eloquently and amusingly. Bravo! Love it!
LOL… LOL… Thank you! 🙂