There is no Paper like a bush To bring us today’s news No Mystery Book more crowded With tantalizing clues – Of strangers to the neighborhood Of good or ill intent Of all we need to apprehend In how one twig is bent.
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Dolly Dachsund loved chasing balls That’s a pastime that never palls She considered that day a waste If at the end no ball had been chased So when Jocko, her Scotty pard, Growled, “Let’s play in the neighbor’s yard,” She put her feet down and answered, “No! Jocko, there’s only one place to go: “Take
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Some are fed candied tongues of larks And talked to in baby prattle; Walked in carriages through flowery parks Gumming a baby rattle. Some are attended at birth by a doc And a nurse, antiseptically gowned; My birth came to all as an ugly shock. They hustled me off to the pound. For some, it’s
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I stopped at the corner of the street, And wished I could be two instead Of one, but followed all four feet Toward the enticing scent of treat That though unseen lay just ahead; Then turned me toward another scent Around the corner – burning cow, Enticing, sharp and redolent; A backyard barbecue I meant
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Chorus: Ziggy won’t blog, nor will he tweet Ziggy won’t blog, nor will he tweet Ziggy won’t blog, nor will he tweet He’s got a job to do. When I was young I used to bark At any noise out in the dark And any stranger at the door Encountered my most fearsome roar. But
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When first that canine Ziggy came to wreck my sweet content I felt assured that his attacks I’d slyly circumvent, For he was so unsubtle, he was hardly worth a scoff – But though I humbled him repeatedly, he just would not lay off. When first he came into my home, he was easily evaded
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