Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Hans Brinker, Hero

A young Dutch boy, Hans Brinker,

Did stick his finger in a dike.

Plug a leak thought the young thinker,

And hometown hero was this tyke.

This tale was told in the U.S.

Causing U.S. tourists to go

To Holland, and the Dutch to press

Where to take some pictures to show.

And so the Dutch did come up with

Dutch boy and dike statues and such

To sell Americans this myth,

Giving revenue to the Dutch.

Hans Brinker, the hero Dutch lad,

Lots of tourist profits be had.