The ‘News’ today is dominated by an idiotic American
election which seeks to convince people by means of blandly populist slogans
that they themselves rule their country, so let us turn to the more serious
matter of limericks about animals.
Today’s animal is in fact a bird; I’m not much on taxonomy
but I think a bird counts as an
animal:
The Hawk swoops on things from the air,
and carries them back to his lair.
I suppose it’s not nice
for the little field-mice,
but the hawk doesn’t care — so there.
and carries them back to his lair.
I suppose it’s not nice
for the little field-mice,
but the hawk doesn’t care — so there.
Here in
this island we see various hawkish sort of birds, including buzzards and very
rarely a Golden Eagle. A resident is the Eleonora Falcon; here’s a picture:
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