Saturday, February 18, 2012

Recognition!



SUCCINCTLY YOURS
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asks for a VERY short story!


RECOGNITION!

I'm sure that's your Aunt Ada
The black sheep that flew the coop.
Don't you remember! She absconded
And went off and joined a circus troupe?
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THE COMPETITION
(A Poem for Children)

It was the day of the Birdland Fair;
All the birds from the woods were there.
There were swings and roundabouts by the lake
And a competition for
The Best Bird Cake.
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Every bird had done its best,
Working away in its kitchen-nest,
Where birds all go to stir and bake
And try to make the
The Best Bird Cake.
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Tilly Titmouse said 'Mine is best!
Mine is the one that will pass the test!
All the others are merely fake!
Mine for sure is the
The Best Bird Cake.'
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And, certainly, it was very grand,
With bright pink icing on every hand,
Tilly wasn't prepared to give and take
When it came to judging the
The Best Bird Cake.
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Tilly joined in the great parade
To show the judges what she'd made.
Oh yes, oh yes, there was no mistake;
Tilly's, for certain, was
The Best Bird Cake.
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But pride must come before a fall.
Her cake was heavy and wide and tall.
It began to shudder and then to shake!
It fell on the ground,
That Best Bird Cake!
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A little black bird, who had made a bun,
Showed the judges what she had done.
Though she was only a humble crake
She won the prize for
The Best Bird Cake.
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