Can We Do a Limerick Together???
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Re: Can We Do a Limerick Together???
The children then shrieked in dismay,
And Anne told the shark: "Go away!"
She picked up a stick,
But the shark lunged at Dick
Who was lost to their sight in the spray.
And Anne told the shark: "Go away!"
She picked up a stick,
But the shark lunged at Dick
Who was lost to their sight in the spray.
'Tis loving and giving that makes life worth living.
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Re: Can We Do a Limerick Together???
Oh no!
But Dick was not dead, never fear!
But Dick was not dead, never fear!
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Re: Can We Do a Limerick Together???
But Dick was not dead, never fear!
With a very strong stroke he swam clear.
With a very strong stroke he swam clear.
'Tis loving and giving that makes life worth living.
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Re: Can We Do a Limerick Together???
But Dick was not dead, never fear!
With a very strong stroke he swam clear.
He churned up great waves,
With a very strong stroke he swam clear.
He churned up great waves,
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Re: Can We Do a Limerick Together???
But Dick was not dead, never fear!
With a very strong stroke he swam clear.
He churned up great waves,
The kind a surfer dude craves,
With a very strong stroke he swam clear.
He churned up great waves,
The kind a surfer dude craves,
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Re: Can We Do a Limerick Together???
But Dick was not dead, never fear!
With a very strong stroke he swam clear.
He churned up great waves,
The kind a surfer dude craves,
And he rode the shark all round the pier!
With a very strong stroke he swam clear.
He churned up great waves,
The kind a surfer dude craves,
And he rode the shark all round the pier!
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hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
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hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
(E. Blyton, Sunday Times, 1951)
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- Daisy
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Re: Can We Do a Limerick Together???
Bravo! A great ending.
'Tis loving and giving that makes life worth living.
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Re: Can We Do a Limerick Together???
I love it!
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Re: Can We Do a Limerick Together???
Woohooo!
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It was a nuisance. An adventure was one thing - but an adventure without anything to eat was quite another thing. That wouldn't do at all. (The Valley of Adventure)
It was a nuisance. An adventure was one thing - but an adventure without anything to eat was quite another thing. That wouldn't do at all. (The Valley of Adventure)
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Re: Can We Do a Limerick Together???
I wonder if he met Enid swimming round the pier?
'Oh voice of Spring of Youth
hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
(E. Blyton, Sunday Times, 1951)
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hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
(E. Blyton, Sunday Times, 1951)
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- Daisy
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Re: Can We Do a Limerick Together???
Ah, we will never know, Rob!
Here's a new starter:
One day, as they lay on the sand,
Here's a new starter:
One day, as they lay on the sand,
'Tis loving and giving that makes life worth living.
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Re: Can We Do a Limerick Together???
One day, as they lay on the sand,
There marched by a great big brass band
There marched by a great big brass band
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Re: Can We Do a Limerick Together???
One day, as they lay on the sand,
There marched by a great big brass band
It made them all jump
There marched by a great big brass band
It made them all jump
'Tis loving and giving that makes life worth living.
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Re: Can We Do a Limerick Together???
One day, as they lay on the sand,
There marched by a great big brass band
It made them all jump
And their hearts start to thump,
There marched by a great big brass band
It made them all jump
And their hearts start to thump,
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Re: Can We Do a Limerick Together???
One day, as they lay on the sand,
There marched by a great big brass band
It made them all jump
And their hearts start to thump,
Anne said "they should really be banned".
There marched by a great big brass band
It made them all jump
And their hearts start to thump,
Anne said "they should really be banned".
"What a lot of trouble one avoids if one refuses to have anything to do with the common herd. To have no job, to devote ones life to literature, is the most wonderful thing in the world. - Cicero
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