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Topic: Illustrate the meaning of “A Bird in the Hand is Worth Two in the Bush” (without using the actual phrase or literal example).( 01/10/08)
TITLE:
Le Curator of the Shed | Writing Challenge By Beth LaBuff 01/16/08 |
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Decaying in the dell,
Inside were treasures of all sorts
That time had bid farewell.
<I>Objects d’art</I> were hung with twine
And carefully displayed,
Buckets, leather harnesses,
Steel plows, and rusty spade.
Then the <I>pièce de résistance</I>
In room’s center could be viewed.
It was most carefully guarded --
<I>Le sac</I> of dry cat food.
Asleep within this gallery
On sculptured hay bale bed
Was the steward of these items --
<I>Le Curator</I> of the shed.
At first glance he appeared to be
<I>Chat noir</I> -- a cat of black.
The second glimpse revealed to all
A white stripe down his back.
Few animals dared to trespass in
<I>Le Curator’s</I> domain,
Especially if their nose could smell
And they possessed a brain.
‘Twas greed that gripped <I>Le Curator</I>
With plans to boost his stash.
He snuck up to a refuse heap
To sift through other’s trash.
That’s when the fracas happened,
A thief came forth to steal,
He had a mask and banded tail
And planned to snitch a meal.
Time the brigand bided when
<I>Le Curator</I> left his shed,
The bandit came and havoc wrecked
Then in the dark he fled.
Grievous sight met beady eyes,
There’d been a bold incursion,
And <I>Le Curator</I> regretted
His scavenger excursion.
The thief defaced the gallery
And through the twine he chewed.
He kicked the buckets out the door
And stole <I>le sac</I> of food!
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