Flamenco!

                             From the local press

RUBY TUESDAY
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FLAMENCO! 

A flamenco dancer and she's four!

She'll go a long long way for sure!

Already she can twirl and swirl

Though she is such a little girl.

I can hear the dance shoes tapping;

I can hear the rhythmic clapping.

And the expression! Oh what poise!

She'll be a danger to the boys!

No doubt she'll realise her dream!

(The red skirt suits the Ruby theme.)

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 TATTERED TEDDY

I wish I were a tattered bear

With not a single stitch to wear,

With paws all worn and velvet scuffed

And fur a single mangey tuft.

I wish my eyes were not quite there

Giving a sort of anguished stare.

I wish my nose hung by a thread,

Not central, but side-on instead.

I wish my mouth had come askew,

As mouths of old bears often do.

I wish my ears had lost their lift,

Doing a sad and downward shift.

I wish I were lying by myself

On someone's high neglected shelf!

Why do I wish for this sad fate?

Because, I know if I only wait.....

That Someone will rescue me one day

In a delightful sort of way.

She'll make me paw-pads out of suede!

No finer paws, I think, are made.

With finest wool and thread she'll sew

A mouth like a perfect Cupid's Bow.

And then she'll add a nose as well,

So real it almost seems to smell!

And now the best part, button eyes,

Widening with new-found surprise!

She'll add a jacket, brilliant red,

And a little hat for my furry head.

Two holes where both my ears will go

So that they'll know which way to grow.

Then a gift tag round my neck will say

'A brand new bear for Christmas Day!'

But, alas, I'm human, not a bear

And my increasing wear and tear

Can't be put right with a handy thread,

A loving needle and coat of red.

I'll have to strive and play my part

To preserve the youth of my inmost heart,

So that, though age I cannot hide,

I'll still declare with joyful pride

'The outside's not too debonaire

But INSIDE I'm a brand new Bear!'

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