CAR STEALING ON THE INCREASE
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WATCH OUT FOR THE CAR THIEF!
[Poem Commentary As incredible as this story seems.,it was told to me by a friend who actually had the experience. Facts are sometimes stranger than fiction. However, no car owner ought to be comfortable knowing that there is a thief about who thinks that car stealing is "no big thing." _________________________________________________________________ NO BIG THING ! Once on a a lonely mountain road. I drove and drove and drove. The purplish mountains glowered at me . A frown of dark clouds on their brow, And thunder had started a grumbling row. Ah me! Nature called! I must stop, Nature would not wait, I parked my car. When relieved I returned to make my way, Alas, I had locked myself out, And soon the rain was all about. No shelter in this remote place. No house nor hut nor shop for miles While the grey sky opened its water pipes, And down and down it dripped from trees, And soaked me from my head to knees. I thought to walk away a roof to find. But a man with a slim fishing rod . And two shivering lads bearing mullet fish, Stepped from a bushy track smiling, And asked me what was happening. Said I, “I ‘ve locked myself out of my car!” “No big thing!” he said with a grin, And from his soddened jeans , He pulled a piece of wire! The door flew open from his magic plier’. “How much must I pay you! “ I cried “How much?” “No big thing!” he said with a grin. And told his two boys shivering and laughing , To give me two mullets, instead. To each I gave a coin and a pat on the head. “How did you open the door?’ I stuttered. (Tell no one that I did tell you. They may think I am lying.) “I am a cart thief ! No big thing! No big thing!” he said with a grin. Last edited by cousinsoren 10-18-2010 at 07:05:58 AM |
The true philosopher and the true poet are one, and a beauty, which is truth, and a truth, which is beauty, is the aim of both.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet (1803-1882)