It Was Borderline Seditious
watched my brothers fly kites- houseboat puttering toward international waters
- risking frostbite
- you know that’s not allowed
- odor resistant
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It was borderline seditious for a Contrarian Warlord’s daughter to lead a sing-along of a Harmonious song, so Fleur must have felt quite sure of the loyalties of all aboard her airship. Direct translation of the lyrics would be borderline impossible, let alone one retaining the rhyme scheme and meter, but in the case of the theme song from a cartoon an approximation should suffice.
(singing:)
As a piglet, I watched my brothers fly kites in the salty breezes
from the deck of a houseboat puttering toward international waters.
My brothers’ kites flew over the icebergs, my snout risking frostbite so I could watch.
Mother scolded me, “You’re spying, and you know that’s not allowed.”
But I loved to spy, and it is allowed if you become a detective.
I never had a kite to fly, only jars of molasses which are my means of solving crimes.
I miss my brothers on their houseboat, but now I live somewhere more odor resistant.
bonus points for using them in order