On Thu, 12 Jun 2003 19:40:25 -0600 "Kestrel"
 writes:
> > > > > > > > > >> >> >>
Mary had a little lamb;
> > > > > > > >> >> >> Its fleece
was white as thread,
> > > > > > > >> >> >> But now she
takes her lamb to school
> > > > > > > >> >> >> Between two
slices of bread.
> > > > > > > >> >> >
> > > > > > > >> >> >Mary had a little lamb,
> > > > > > > >> >> >It fell upon the floor,
> > > > > > > >> >> >And so she passed
her little plate
> > > > > > > >> >> >And had a little more.
> > > > > > > >> >> 
> > > > > > > >> >> Mary had a little lamb,
> > > > > > > >> >> A little beef, a little ham,
> > > > > > > >> >> A little pie, a little
cake . . .
> > > > > > > >> >> Mary had a stomach ache.
> > > > > > > >> >
> > > > > > > >> >Mary had a little lamb,
> > > > > > > >> >It followed her to school,
> > > > > > > >> >Until a wolf done caught its scent
> > > > > > > >> >And ate the silly fool.
> > > > > > > >> 
> > > > > > > >> Mary had a little lamb;
> > > > > > > >> The doctor sat and cried.
> > > > > > > >> Old MacDonald had a farm;
> > > > > > > >> The doctor up and died.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >Mary had a little sheep
> > > > > > > >And with the sheep she went to sleep.
> > > > > > > >The sheep turned out to be a ram,
> > > > > > > >Now Mary has a little lamb.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > Mary had a little lamb;
> > > > > > > His fleece was black as soot.
> > > > > > > And everywhere that Mary went,
> > > > > > > His sooty foot he put.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Mary had a little lamb,
> > > > > > Llama and lion, too.
> > > > > > Animal Control took them away --
> > > > > > She was not zoned for zoo.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Mary had a little lamb
> > > > > and didn't like the fuss
> > > > > She had to haul him everywhere
> > > > > because they couldn't take the bus
> > > > > ===================================
> > > > > 
> > > > > Mary had a little pig
> > > > > and turned it into ham.
> > > > > Chopping it very fine,
> > > > > she invented Spam.
> > > > 
> > > > Mary had a little Spam
> > > > she sliced it thin and fried
> > > > all the animals turned tail to run
> > > > and for little Porky cried
> > > > 
> > > > and when he saw what she had done
> > > > through eyes round and wide with fear
> > > > the little lamb packed his bags
> > > > and booked a flight to Zaire
> > > > 
> > > > (which probably wasn't that smart a move)
> > > > ===================================================
> > > > 
> > > > Mary had a little gun,
> > > > its sound was a loud bark.
> > > > Mary's in jail now,
> > > > for shooting in the park.
> > > 
> > > And when they hauled her off
> > > for shooting with much elan
> > > our Mary defiantly burst:
> > > "I was aiming for the lamb!"
> > > 
> > 
> > Mary had a little Lamb;
> > A book of Wordsworth, too.
> > Coleridge, and Scott, and Burns...
> > She's an English Maj. at U.
> > 
> > trying to bring a little CLASS to the exercise, tygress
> 
> Russ, I think we've been dissed 

HARDLY.... when you're dissed by Barb, you'll *KNOW* it....
you were just the victims of a drive-by punning

> and here I was *participatin'* and all... 

huzzah! huzzah! (and lovely retorts you're writing, too)
> 
> :)
> 
> The little lamb looked thoughtful
> thinking of Mary being at ewe
> and shook his head in amazement
> at the things those humans do...
> 

=chuckle=

Mary had a little dog
who kept her up all night
Next day the Postman told EMTs
'Twas MARY gave the bite.

(ok, ok, it's past my bedtime -- I'll just go howl at the moon; it's big
and bright ...deep in the heart of Texas tonight) tygress

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