Today I saw the strangest sight..
A dove with no tail feathers...as it
took off in flight...
What could have happened? I wondered all the while....
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In the yard I found them lying in a pile...
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"It wasn't me! Said old Max in woe....
hack, cough, sneeze, I'm too old and too slow! "
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Boo said, "I've been here..sleeping all the day!
I would have never taken it's tail feathers away!"
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Abbey?..Abbey... What about you?.....
"Me?...NO!!..yawn, stretch..
I've been sleeping.....it's true!"
Salem...where are you, have you not heard?
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"
Uumm, me? not me! ....bird...what bird???
Salem, you have feathers from your head
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to your feet! ....
"The bird gave them to me...he's so very sweet!"
"He flew down beside me and said we could share.....I get his feathers...
he gets my hair!.....
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Now Salem, the birds are like family...we don't eat them you know!
No more grabbing birdies, or outside you can't go!
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"I promise"
says Salem, "to be good from now on"
and just enjoy birdies for their lovely spring song.
I wont grab their tail feathers or pounce in their way
and right by your side I promise to stay"