Taking
advantage of someone because it seems easy?
Nature and the ecology?
Greed verses Sharing?
Poverty Verses Dignity
Democracy Verses Royalty
Being Happy With what you Have
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Ah, So, said
the monkey,
as he scurried up the tree.
You'll give me
two,
if I return you
three?
Yes said the
snake,
as he slithered right beside.
I promise, and swear:
By the legs that I hide.
The monkey was
shrewd;
he really thought he knew!
A snake has no legs,
I'll take him for
a few.
So he
scooped up the bucks,
and went upon his way.
Laughing, and joking ,
As he spent and spent all day.
Up
popped the snake,
a smirk upon his face.
Its time
to repay,
or I'll have a little taste,
I'll bake you and stew you,
I like my
monkey pie
So give me
my money
for I never, never lie!
The monkey just
chuckled,
swinging way up high.
Laughing, and heckling ;
You
never tell no lies?
Where are
those legs,
the ones you say you hide?
I'll not
repay you,
I took you for a ride!
Not a cent will
you get,
and this I guarantee,
Said the monkey to the
snake,
as he
swung from tree to tree.
The snake
waited patiently,
curled upon the ground.
As the gleeful monkey,
jumped and flew around.
Then the cagey monkey,
in his jesting haste,
grabbed a broken branch, and,
to the ground
he raced...
Ah, so!
said the rabbit,
as he hopped a round the tree,
You'll give
me two,
if I return you three?
Yes said the snake,
as he picked his
gleaming teeth,
I promise
and swear
by
my little, hidden feet!
The rabbit was shrewd,
he thought
he really knew.
A snake has no feet,
I'll take him for a
few...
Smurphy the
Smirker stood upon the hill,
jumping and
smashing all the daffodils!
Why
are you standing on my flower way?
Asked the
Lord's nature, dressed in sunny
day."
"Must
be a color or the way they smell.
Could be the
beauty, really couldn't tell!"
Smurphy the
Smirker stood upon the beach,
jumping and
smashing everything in reach!
"Why
are you standing on my coral way?
Asked the
Lord's nature, dressed in tempest day."
"Must
be the crabsters or a flocking bird.
Could be the
salties, really sounds absurd! "
Smurphy the
Smirker stood upon the woods,
jumping and
smashing everything he could!
"Why
are you standing on my tree full way?
Asked the
Lord's nature, dressed in forest day."
Must be the
squirrel"s or a tree top snake.
Could be the
pine cones, really, give or take!"
Smurphy the
Smirker lay upon the ground,
as the
Lord's nature jumped and smashed around!
"Why
are you standing on my tummy round?
Asked Mr.
Smirky in a pleading sound."
"Could
it be an omen or a fit of glee?
Must be the
answers that you gave to me!"
Binky and the
nut
A
pecan nut from an oaken tree!
Not walnut,
chestnut nor hickory!
Yes, a pecan
nut, if you please!
A miracle
forged enough for three!
Yes! A pecan
nut upon the ground!"
Sir.
Squirrel so excited he had found.
An' Chirped
an' Chirped
Round an'
round
So loud Sly
Rabbit caught his sound
"A
pecan nut you say you've found?
Tossed upon
an oak nut ground?
Let me view
it for a while. . ."
Sly Rabbit
said with a dainty smile
"Though
smooth and striped. . . "
Sly
rabbit piped
and even
brushed in brown! . .
. . . a
squiggly crease,
could be a
feast. . ."
Sly Rabbit
then did frown...
With long
tall ears
He shook to
hear
If it made a
sound...
No rattle
tattled
Or even
prattled
Of what Sir.
Squirrel found!
So, he
snatched a rock
And gave it
a knock
And came up
with a prize
A giant lump
So Sweet and
plump
It made him
tell a lie!
"Along
the crease
which held a
feast
Thus I did
divide.
Old and
musty
slightly
crusty
was the meat
inside!"
Thus
revealed
He turned on
his heel
And hopped
along his way
Surprised,
he pondered,
Sir Squirrel
wondered,
"What
did Sly Rabbit Say?...
...Old and
musty,
slightly
crusty,
was the meat
inside?!"
( For in the
shell
A squirrel
could tell
With out
having to divide... )
"Could
it be the flavor,
That caught
his disfavor
because he
is a Hare?"
He didn't
have time
To show him
his find
And it made
no sense to share...
So. . . Sir Squirrel bent down
where he had
found
the pecan
nut in shell.
And thought
he had plenty
after
picking up twenty
an' went to
the burrow he dwelled....
Under a
meadow minty green,
Roosts a
family hardly seen.
Rich in
character poor in name,
Not a worry
they look the same.
They're
always busy always on time
Building
their burrows all in a line.
They huddle
as one in winters cold
Caring for
the young and very old.
No money to
spend their pockets dry,
Sometimes
they laugh sometimes cry.
Friendly
little fellahs in sympathy
Caring for a
fortune of dignity!
This
is a tale of
DEMOCRACY.
A fable? of TRUTH and LIBERTY!
For under
the old, bald cypress tree
a story
unfolds from history!
Once upon a
time lived a Princely Frog,
we sat so
Regal on a muddy log;
giving Royal
orders to one and all,
making
everyone jump to his beckon call.
He had
appeared one day and on a log he sat
and with his
sticky tongue he soon was fat --
Full of
nonsense and selfishness --
the richness
of the swamp grew less and less.
Though he
looked so funny in his bumpy green,
and no
Golden Crown was ever seen,
resting on
top his swarthy head,
it wasn't
how he looked but what he said:
"I'm
the King of this swampy land.
You must
obey all I demand
for if you
don't, soon you will see,
monsters as
large as the cedar trees!"
Along came
Red Robin with a worm in her mouth
"I've
not had breakfast!" said the Prince with a shout.
Robin dropped her worm and gave him a bow.
"How
will I feed my children they're so hungry now?"
"You're
so smart..." cried Princely Frog,
dining on
the worm from his muddy log,
. .
."who will guard your children in their lovely nest
from the
Robin eating Owl with the Golden Crest?
For I am the
King of this swampy land,
from the cedars to the grains of sand,
if you don't
listen soon you'll see
monsters as
large as a walnut tree!"
"How
can a creature so very, very, small
demand and
demand and demand of all.
Why can't he
ask with a simple please!"
Cried the
Crested Owl sitting in a tree.
"Oh
you're so smart..." crooned Princely Frog
"...as you sit in safety above the
thickening fog.
Who will
send a warning of the Owl snake,
creeping all
around for a dinner you'll make?
I'm the King
of this here swampy land!
listen to
the music of my riveting band:
If you don't
dance every tune for me
a monster will grab you from your oaken
tree!"
A Rabbit
with a sack appeared with a hop.
From the
Princes mouth the worm did drop.}
"Why
are you interrupting my tasty snack?"
Asked
Princely Frog as he grabbed for the sack.
The Rabbit
just bowed and asked with a plea,
"Give
the sack back its for bunnies three!
They're so hungry,
they're waiting for me
just take a
look and you will see!"
"You're
so smart. . ." cried Princely Frog
. .
."hopping all around this swampy bog.
Who will
keep those bunnies three
from the
mouths of Red Robins hungry three!
For I'm the
king of the swampy land,
and all I
survey I hereby command:
If you don't
listen to what I say
monsters so
tall will come someday..."
Then one day
across the swamp
sounds
appeared "Stomp! Stomp! Stomp!"
With out a
warning they had arrived:
Strange large
creatures, each side by side.
Everyone
that mattered took a look
and for a
monster they first mistook
the two
strange creatures towering high
until they
heard them talk and cry:
"Look!
Over there!", one said to the other,
. . .
"Little Red Robins and their lovely mother!
And over
there in that high oak tree,
is that a
Crested Owl I truly see?
And there's
a Rabbit over there, I can see him hop
white from
his toes to his tipity top!
But where is the muddy, green swamp frog
that likes
to sit on the bumpy log?"
The animals
then thought of a royal plan
to rid the
Prince from the swampy land.
Together
they laughed in spirited glee.
And to the
muddy bog they all did flee.
Silently
they crept behind the muddy log
"Come
quick!" they plead, "Sir Princely Frog"
bowing and
scraping on bended knees,
"Protect
us from the monster please.
It stands as
tall as a walnut tree.
Four arms,
four legs, four bony knees,
thick black
hair grows upon two heads.
It asked for
you that's what it said."
Princely
Frog was short of speech
forgetting
all that he had preached...
"But
what would a monster want from me!
One as large
as a walnut tree?
For I am
nothing but a tiny frog
who sits
alone on a muddy log
"What
shall I do?". . . he asked the three
"Hide me at once, OH! Please! OH!
Please!"
"But
you're the King so Royal brought
to the
swamp, that's what you taught.
A Princely,
Royal, Regal, Stately Frog!
So get up
and off that muddy log!"
"But I
was playing make-believe
under these
sacred cedar trees.
Don't let
the monster come for me
I beg you
upon my folded knees!"
"So now
you beg upon your muddy throne
Scared and
frightened and all alone
You wanna
save your bumpy hide?
This is
something a council decides!"
A council
was formed that very night
and all were
present, was a noble sight.
The first to
speak was Crested Owl,
"He was
always mean and so darn foul!
...took from
us our very best
left nothing
else for the rest
Commanding,
demanding, for his very own,
and now he
cowers upon his throne."
Red Robin then chirped in a stately voice...
"I
believe we have only one simple choice
to end his
Princely, Royal Decree
a simple,
little fellow for all to see!"
Then Mr.
Rabbit stood up and spoke,
"His
royal decree we hereby revoke,
and leave
him to be the green-swamp-frog
who sits
alone upon a muddy log."
This
is a story that is
often told
how the
animals grew to be
very old
so proud and
noble in the
swampy land
with no frogs voice in total command!
Gaby the
Gator lived in a swamp.
In the muddy
water he liked to romp;
catching
daddy crawfish for diner he would
--rather eat
a pizza if only he could!
Gaby the
Gator slept in the dark.
Wish he had
a light so he could mark,
all the
things he wanted from a magazine:
A basket
ball! A dolly! A nintendo machine!
Gaby the
Gator dressed in gator hide.
Must be
something better he would confide:
I'd rather
have nikes or rebokes instead
to place
underneath my own waterbed!
Gaby the
Gator had a boring day.
Sitting
around with no one to play.
Should I
watch the sunset into the trees?
Boy I wish I had my own color TV!
Gaby the Gator moved into a home.
Away from
the swamp he felt so all alone!
Even with
his sneakers and his waterbed,
Gaby the Gator missed the life he had
led!!!
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