| || tempt, lofty, poison, lawyer, totally spent.
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The opening poem contains all the words (or variations of them) from today's Jumble.
Comments are welcomed!
Do not explicitly reveal any of the actual answer words until after closing time, but embedding them surreptitiously in comment sentences is encouraged.
An eagle, from its lofty perch in its station aerie,
ReplyDeleteSent air-mail letters out, on its stationery.
It warned its prey to stay alert when it was a-hunting.
Bunnies were no fun to kill with ears that flapped like bunting.
Bunnies were a tempting treat, this they understood.
But to get a note like this was, they thought, no good!
A poison pen was not the way a raptor should behave,
And so they called a lawyer from their warren cave.
A wolf responded to their call, a shyster at his best.
He saw the case as liable to be a written libel test!
He agreed to spend the time, and totally the eagle sue.
But demanded as his retainer, a pot of rabbit stew!
A charming poem, Owen, even if somewhat anti-Lapine. Fun to read aloud.
ReplyDeleteI'd say it's worthy of Aesop (2.0), with an unstated moral, but one easy enough to draw.
Inspired (indirectly) by today's solution:
He had to test at least a hundred pair of denim trousers for comfort & durability--mainly Levis and Lees--for the Consumer Quality Research Bureau. He had only two days to make his quota.
Lees bent easily at the knees at first wearing, he noted, whereas Levis were stiff and slow to adapt even after twenty knee-bends.
~ OMK
My goodness, things are tougher in the animal world than in the human one, according to your poem, Owen. Had trouble with the fourth word of the Jumble, but there it was in your second verse--many thanks. And your funny gloss confirmed that I got it right, Ol'Man Keith. Very funny cartoon with the two women in different outfits and hairdos, with all those packages and a purse. And, they sure look exhausted, don't they?
ReplyDeleteThey do indeed, Misty.
ReplyDeleteI doubt they have a single purchase left between 'em.
~ OMK
Oh, those ARE women. I thought perhaps we had Dave and Jeff again. Wolves do get a bad rap. Especially in the dating scene:"Stay away from that wolf, Margie!"
ReplyDeleteFun poem, no doubt. I posted late FLN. Or FLAM.
I had no problem with the four J's. I just had to find a word that used a bunch of T's and L's. What was left, voila
WC
Owen, your description solved my question about the Roku screen saver. That Ferris wheel thangy. As it moves right monsters start eating the city
Afraid I'll be a most irregular contributor in the future.
ReplyDeleteWishing you all well.
Sandy, you will be missed. Best wishes.
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Sandy, we'll keep our fingers crossed that you still visit sometimes. You'll make our day when you so.
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