Poetry of an Odd Sort

There once lived a dog, called Doopsy. It had long brown scraggy-looking hair, a little like a setter, with a touch of mongrel (and mange). A pretty ordinary looking dog to be honest. But heaven help you, should you ever utter that in its presence, for this dog was special – it was a singing [...]

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Little Jimmy, Little Jimmy, naughty Jimmy Sprag. A boy of ten, with mischievous eyes, an evil smirk, a ready bag of tricks and stunts to play upon his sister Pat. He spies upon the kitchen table a parcel wrapped in string, a present from his auntie Lou to his mother (a knitted hat.) But Jimmy [...]

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