Stripes!

STRIPES!

I do admire lateral thinking!

Thinking 'outside the box'!

Giving the unsuspecting

Giggles and, maybe, shocks!

Skin, as we know, gets blotchy,

There are pimples and polka-dots!

But stripes are something novel;

More original than spots!

This cover really intrigues me!

The girl is in dire straits.

And, clearly, the situation

Is something that she hates!

There must be an element of magic.

Does it involve the cup?

She looks dubious about the contents;

But will she drink it up?

The book must be written for children;

Adults are such a bore;

But any childish reader

Must wonder what's in store.

A design that's so intriguing

Has passed the book-cover test;

We long to take a peep inside.

Does the story pass the test?

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MULTI MIX!

It's very multicultural in Oz

As you'll notice if you visit us because

The Hottentots and Finns

Have such very different skins!

It's not the British off-shoot it once was.
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As for me, of course, I'm Pommy through and through!

I must salute the old Red White and Blue!

But I still enjoy society

Which celebrates variety

As these two market stalls appear to do!

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