Hibernaculum

ABC WEDNESDAY

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HIBERNACULUM

The bear has a hibernaculum where it goes to hibernate;

It knows that winter's coming, though it doesn't know the date.

It finds it is getting drowsy as the days start getting short,

And 'I think I'll take a nap now' is the old bear's only thought.

It may find last year's hidey hole or one that's completely new,

And it curls up in a furry ball to do what all bears do.

Outside the wind may whistle, outside the snow may fall,

But the old bear snores contentedly; it doesn't mind at all.

I, too, have an hibernaculum and, in winter, I snooze in it;

It's under my cosy doona..........

I'm heading there this minute.

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NOBEL EFFORT

I’d passed her on several consecutive days as I’d driven along in the car;

Well, dazzling blondes are easy to spot no matter how normal they are!

But it wasn’t her hair that attracted my gaze, but the way that she stood very still

Out there in a field, with the rain coming down and the wind whistling by, very shrill.

At last I could stand it no longer and so I slowed down the car and then called

‘May I ask what you’re doing out there all alone?’ I was really intrigued and enthralled.

‘I want to be famous’ I heard her say. Her answer was such a surprise!

‘I’ve heard if I’m out-standing in a field I’ll get a Nobel Prize.’

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