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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=419368" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Ballad of Norman Jack and Billy</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Summer days in sixty three<br>Happy carefree hours in play; <br>Three boys that could in no way know<br>The folly that would blight their day.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Jack turned out to meet big Norman<br>Finding bird's nests - couldn't wait; <br>They also called for smiling Billy, <br>Or 'Professor' to his mates.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Dusty tattered shoes that stepped<br>So lightly - not with careful tread, <br>Down the pebbled pathway, turning<br>Running through the wheat-field bed.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">In the wood, much darker then, <br>But still they saw the nest on high; <br>The boy had almost reached his goal<br>Then from below he heard a cry.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The warning came too late, the farmer<br>Showed his power, they had a choice: <br>But not for them the 'cop-shop, ' no, <br>'We'll work, ' they answered with one voice.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And so the trio did, all wondering<br>How to pay the farmer back; <br>Plotting in their childish heads, <br>Norm, Professor and young Jack.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The cleaning was a tiresome chore, <br>For Bill the geese-pen was a pain; <br>But Jack was happy cleaning cars<br>And pouring polish down the drain.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Seeing this, his smile returning, <br>Billy gave the goose a kick; <br>'That'll teach the thing, ' he muttered, <br>'Pigs and geese they make me sick! '</div><div style="margin:10px 0">When the farmer's rage subsided<br>And he thought they'd had enough, <br>Another lecture then he gave them, <br>Talk of trespassing and stuff.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Off you go, and if I see you<br>Here once more you will regret<br>Ever coming on my land<br>You scallywags, go on now, get! '</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'And close the gate as you go by, <br>You'll have the geese all running free; '<br>We sauntered off and I walked over<br>By the pen, as he'd bid me.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Twas then the goose that Bill had kicked, <br>He saw his opportunity, <br>The whole flock joined in, just for fun, <br>And chased the lads and made them flee.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The farmer and his mate laughed hard, <br>The boys ran off at quite a lick; <br>The geese gave chase, and honked and pecked, <br>They looked like feathered lunatics! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Once free the trio heaved a sigh, <br>Red faced and cursing those two men; <br>But still they knew it was deserved, <br>'We'll never go near there again! '</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Written March 1994</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=John+Carter+Brown">John Carter Brown</a><div class=q>
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Happy carefree hours in play; 
Three boys that could in no way know
The folly that would blight their day.

Jack turned out to meet big Norman
Finding bird's nests - couldn't wait; 
They also called for smiling Billy, 
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