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    Poppytree's Avatar Poppytree is offline Senior Member
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    Default Remember the Playpus?

    It should be PLATYPUS but I can't edit the title!

    A couple of weeks ago I shared pictures and news about one of our strange animals at a local wildlife sanctuary.
    Here's a lovely poem by Pam Ayres which sums him up so beautifully .... enjoy

    The duck-billed platypus, small aquatic friend
    Made from the pieces God had over at the end.
    According to His reckoning (He'd not been wrong before)
    He hadn't made enough: He needed one mammal more.

    He studied all the corners in His cupboard large and bare
    A little foot here, and a little nose there,
    A scrap of fur, a feather, nothing anyone would miss
    And God said, "Oh Good God... Yes?..... What can I make out of this?"

    There was a funny flat tail and a great enormous beak
    Which had lain in the cupboard for a year and a week.
    There were four webbed feet in the manner of a duck
    And hanging on a peg, a furry overcoat for luck!

    So the turn of the platypus came to be fitted
    God sat him down and honestly admitted
    That the finished platypus might appear a little odd,
    'But look on the bright side of it,' said God.

    'You can swim in the river, you can paddle in the creek,
    You can tackle anybody with a great big beak,
    There's a tail for a rudder or alternatively legs
    And by way of consolation you've got babies and eggs.'

    So God took all the pieces into Workshop One
    And there he told the men the sort of thing he wanted done.
    The Carpenter and Plumber stroked the platypus's neck
    And said, "Don't you upset him, he cant run, but he can peck!"

    So the platypus was made, and his beak was firmly rooted
    And God found him a home where he would not be persecuted.
    They packed him up and sent him with his tail neatly furled
    In a brown paper parcel marked "Australia, The World."
    Last edited by Poppytree; August 25th, 2012 at 08:56 AM.

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    Default Re: Remember the Playpus?

    Awww...That's a sweet poem. Thanks for sharing
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    Default Re: Remember the Playpus?

    How cute! Love it!

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    Default Re: Remember the Playpus?

    Enjoyed and shared with grandkids. Thanks!!
    Be warned. I am BORED.
    This could be dangerous.

    When you get cold just go stand in the corner.
    They are usually 90 degrees.

    A giraffe's coffee would be cold by the time it reached the bottom of his throat.
    Ever think about that? No? You only think about yourself??

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    Default Re: Remember the Playpus?

    That is so cute

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    Thanks Jane, that is cute!
    ~Kathy~

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    What a cute poem. I love the Platypus. I can remember one of my Aunts sent me a booklet on the animals of Australia when I was a kid. I think Mom enjoyed looking at it as much as I did. It brought back a lot of memories for her.
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    Default Re: Remember the Playpus?

    Love it!!! Thanks for sharing that with us.
    If you can't see it from 50 yards away on a galloping horse, it doesn't matter.

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    What a sweet poem. Lucky you to have them in your own back yard.
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