FOR THE CHILDREN...

TRAIN TO TOOKY-DOO

Rattle, Rattle, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM!

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Let's drive the train to Tookey-Doo,

I'll open it up and see what it can do!

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Rattle, Rattle, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM!

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Now we're rolling up to five miles per.

Just enough to feel the engine purr!

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Rattle, Rattle, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM!

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Up to ten, gotta lot of coal in the bin,

The fireman shovels away with a grin!

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Rattle, Rattle, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM!

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Now we are rolling up to past twenty,

And we still have a head of steam aplenty!

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Rattle, Rattle, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM!

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Push the levers and pull the throttle,

Take a drink from the water bottle!

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Rattle, Rattle, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM!

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Oh! Wow!...We're up to thirty-five,

Don,t it make you just feel alive!

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Rattle, Rattle, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM!

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Pull the whistle! Crossing ahead!

We're hitting forty-five , by Ned!

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Rattle, Rattle, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM!

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Now we're rolling along at near fifty.

This is so wind-in-the- hair nifty!

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Rattle, Rattle, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM!

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I love driving the train to Tookey-Doo,

'Cause it don't go to Timbuktoo!

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Count Sneaky

To say:" I love you, but I'm not ready for a commitment
yet." Try a bouquet of shrinking violets, very loosely arranged.

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To say: "I love you, but that stupid cat has to go!"

Try an attractive arrangement of pussywillows with catnip.

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To say: "I need my space, babe!" Try a dozen bachelor's-buttons

wrapped in tinfoil

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To say: "I'm really into you. Let's get on with it!" Try a bunch of impatiens

hastily wrapped in newspaper.

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To say: "Would you marry me ? I think I'm ready!" Try a spray of

jack-in-the- pulpits wrapped in white paper.

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The crayfish had a ball in May,

Invited all the crustaceans in the bay,

When it was finally over,

They were all in clover,

And were made into etouffee.

My thanks to Dave Hambidge (hambocentral.blogspot.com) for including

me in his e-book, Blogging for Newbies, as one of the

"Best of the Newer Fiction Blogs."

The Count is honored.

Oh, dress my lady in puce and green,

Give her a mirror and watch her preen.

She's adorable in her glitz and glitter,

And extremely proficient in Twitter.

Count Sneaky

MONIQUE

Lovely Monique had a physique,

Everyone thought came from a boutique,

So, she decided to show them all,

And that Fall came to the Ball,

Wearing nothing

At all.

Count Sneaky