Recognition!

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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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