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The Silly Lad



A silly hobbit once had heard
The life was lovely as a bird
And so he thought that he would see
If he could fly amongst the trees
 
He climbed a tree, and jumped, and found
That he fell quickly to the ground
He gained a lump upon his head
And spent all of the week in bed
 
And there he dreamed that he could be
A little buzzing bumblebee
He saw a life amongst the flowers
Just buzzing all around for hours
 
On sipping dew drops from a rose
An ant then scampered up his nose
The startled lad then ran quite quickly
To spend the week just feeling sickly
 
But soon the lad had made a wish
That he could live just like a fish
To swim along the flowing streams
Amongst the reeds, that was his dream
 
But this was quite a foolish thing
For the lad had not yet learned to swim
He sploshed and splashed and almost sank
Before crawling to the muddy bank
 
So many things the lad had tried
He tried and failed, and then he cried
He ran to see his doting Mam
And wailed "I don't know what I am"
 
"Oh son", she said, "Do not you see?
"There's only one thing you should be"
"Don't be something that you're not"
"Just be yourself, that's all you've got"