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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=354332" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Escapade</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">In our lovely city of Chennai, <br>A big trench was deeply dug, nigh<br> To the neat pedestrian platform, <br> For laying pipes of forms and so on.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">There came a corpulent buffalo, <br>And on the muddy trench low, <br> Espied its calf struggling in woe; <br> With celerity, it sprang down to tow.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The passers-by, saw the two-some, <br>Bracketed in the trench—so awesome—<br> Some passed by, speaking with pity; <br> The playful brats in glee, sang a ditty.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Some passed by engrossed in their own care, <br>Some flew past with no time to spare for the pair; <br> Something must be done to retrieve—some thought—<br> ‘ Nothing by us could be done'—so some fought.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Some youth got down to the trench, <br>And got badly hurt in the wrench, <br> Ah! They lifted the calf with gay success, <br> But the big buffalo they couldn't harness.! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Meanwhile there formed a crowd around, <br>And some pronounced 'Let's the police sound.'<br> The police force spurned with disdain, <br> 'To extricate a buffalo is not in our domain.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Some inclined the ‘Blue Cross' to call, <br>And some ushered in the Fire Engine to haul, <br> Each according to their own fine thought, <br> Acted to bring the struggling buffalo caught.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The ‘Blue Cross' van hastened to the spot, <br>The men tossed strong ropes looped in a knot; <br> The animal ran hither and thither in fear, <br> They couldn't capture it though sincere.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">From a far away place landed the fire-engine, <br>Even their efforts couldn't the buffalo pin! <br> Next day to arrive with improved elements, <br> The exhausted men left with wry laments.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then the twilight gave place to dark night, <br>And the crowd dispersed from the location right.<br> The poor calf borne to the platform stood lonely, <br> And the buffalo was inside the trench standing impatiently.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Now the buffalo with maternal love was alone, <br>It's eyes with brightness, sparkling shone, <br> It saw it's calf, waiting with filial love anxiously, <br> And in a jiffy, the buffalo jumped up triumphantly!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Chandra+Thiagarajan">Chandra Thiagarajan</a><div class=q>
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A big trench was deeply dug, nigh
 To the neat pedestrian platform, 
 For laying pipes of forms and so on.

There came a corpulent buffalo, 
And on the muddy trench low, 
 Espied its calf struggling in woe; 
 With c..."></div>
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