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Anon: The Common Cormorant
THK COMMON CORMORANT
The common cormorant or shag
Lays eggs inside a paper bag
The reason you will see no doubt
It is to keep the lightning out.
But what these unobservant birds
Have never noticed is that herds
Of wandering bears may come with buns
And steal the bags to hold the crumbs.
ANON
THE RABBIT
The rabbit has a charming face:
Its private life is a disgrace.
I really dare not name to yon
The awful things that rabbits do;
Things that your paper never prints -
You only mention them in hints.
They have such lost, degraded souls
No wonder they inhabit holes;
When such depravity is found
It only can live underground.
ANON
THE HORSE
I know two things about the horse,
And one of them is rather coarse.
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ANON