Guest guest Posted October 22, 2002 Report Share Posted October 22, 2002 The Oyster > =========== > > There once was an oyster > Whose story I tell, > Who found that some sand > Had got into his shell. > > It was only a grain, > but it gave him great pain. > For oysters have feelings > Although they're so plain. > > Now, did he berate > the harsh workings of fate > That had brought him > To such a deplorable state? > > Did he curse at the government, > Cry for election, > And claim that the sea should > Have given him protection? > > 'No,' he said to himself > As he lay on a shell, > Since I cannot remove it, > I shall try to improve it. > > Now the years have rolled around, > As the years always do, > And he came to his ultimate > Destiny stew. > > And the small grain of sand > That had bothered him so > Was a beautiful pearl > All richly aglow. > > Now the tale has a moral, > for isn't it grand > What an oyster can do > With a morsel of sand? > > What couldn't we do > If we'd only begin > With some of the things > That get under our skin. > > -AUTHOR UNKNOWN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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