Pancakes Anyone?

                                              Brenda Bryant

MY WORLD TUESDAY
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PANCAKES ANYONE?

Australia's flat as a pancake, as everybody knows!

Most of it is desert where almost nothing grows,

But statistics are deceiving! If one lives around the coast,

Steep, steep hills are features that one tends to notice most!

This view was shot by me last week quite near my grandson's school,

An area I don't visit much, not as a general rule.

The hill fell away beneath me, the river stretched-out below,

And beyond the river lay the sea, putting-on its usual show.

Then came the Stockton sand-hills where we 'grow' Hawaii's sand,

And then came some little mountains, delightful although not grand.

And all was seen from the top of a hill, that was simply high enough

To cause an elderly Grandmother to slow down a bit and puff!

This is my hometown, Newcastle, a jewel of New South Wales,

So if you just think 'pancakes' they've been feeding you fairy tales!

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SITTING DUCK
(An Acrostic)

See the unprotected duck sitting on its nest.

It's easier to hit a duck when it is at rest.

The ducks all flying in the sky are harder, far, to hit.

The hunter likes to aim his gun at the ducks who choose to sit.

It's just the same with charlatans in finance or the law.
None of them aim at canny folk, though they're quick on the draw.
Get clued-up on your legal rights, then you will be quite sure
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Dirty deeds will not be done as they've been done before!
Useless to quack of ignorance when you've been duly fleeced!
Caution should be your by-word at the very least!
Know your enemy my friend, then, with a bit of luck,
You won't end up dead on your nest, a poor little sitting duck!

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