<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=460292" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Toad Not Raken</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Now that the frost has gone its rimy way<br>there’s the matter of that long grass<br>that meets the undergrowth<br>at the end of the garden; <br>time to take steps to tidy it.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">two rakes awaited my decision: <br>there’s the metal one, which makes hard work<br>but scarifies the moss and aerates the top soil as well – <br>and the wooden one, slightly Japanese looking, <br>its tines further apart, and easier on the arms, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">which combs the long grass rather than removes it, <br>setting it up for the strimmer when the grass dries off.<br>But I remembered how last year’s early raking<br>disturbed a sleepy toad and, to my shame, partially dismembered it.<br>These little choices make our road and name us. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">I took the gentler wooden rake, and dragged it careful-slow; <br>the reward, a scuttling movement in the grass ahead.<br>Two rakes were there for me to make my choice; <br>I’m glad I took the one less often used, the gentler one. <br>Though looking at the grass, it's hardly made any difference.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>(For all respectful but mischievous poetry fans)</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Michael+Shepherd">Michael Shepherd</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=460292" data-title="The Toad Not Raken de Michael Shepherd" data-description="Now that the frost has gone its rimy way there’s the matter of that long grass that meets the undergrowth at the end of the garden; time to take steps to tidy it. two rakes awaited my decision: there’s the metal one, which makes hard work b..."></div> </div> </div>

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