Scaredy Cat!

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RUBY TUESDAY
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SCAREDY CAT!

Chosen because of the red bed-clothes!

But chiefly because of the feline pose!

I came across this skittish sight

When I was surfing the web last night!

My friend, Margaret's, fond of cats

But maybe not when they're acrobats!

This cat looks really scared to me,

Not filled with joy and frivolity.

I'd love to know how this shot was posed!

I wonder if it will be disclosed!

If it's your cat please let me know

And I'll write it in the space below.

Till then, enjoy the ruby sheets,

And not the cat's amazing feats!

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CUCKOO!

Paddy was in a quiz show that was showing on TV, 

But the final question befuddled him, as you will quickly see.

'What is the name of a well-known bird that doesn't build a nest?'

This was the tricky question that had put him to the test.

Over and over he'd mulled it but finally, in the end,

He had to admit defeat and say 'Please can I ring a friend?'

So he rang up his good friend Shamus, who was waiting by the phone.

Shamus picked up the phone as soon as he heard the dialling tone.

' It's Paddy' the contestant said ' I've a tricky question here.

I'll say it very slowly and speak up loud and clear.

'What is the name of a well-known bird that doesn't build a nest?'

'Begorrah! That's too easy! Surely you could have guessed!

Said Shamus 'The bird's a cuckoo! You should have known the name!'

Paddy gave the answer and went on to win the game!

He won a lot of money and he wined and dined his friend

For he was now a wealthy man with lots of cash to spend.

'Tell me, Shamus' he said to him 'You weren't too bright in school....

And yet you proved at the right time that you are no-one's fool!

How did you know the answer?'  And didn't he get a shock

When Shamus said

'Well, everyone knows a cuckoo nests in a clock!'

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