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Story 111

                                A Bird Unique

                          On a hilly peak
                          Along the Chesapeake
                          Lives a bird unique.
                          Like a parrot, he can speak
                          But his call is a shriek
                          That breaks into a squeak.
                          He possesses a hug beak,
                          Plumage white with an orange streak.
                          And he has a bulbous physique.
                          What’s more, he’s so weak
                          That flying makes his bones creak

Story 112

                          Miss Beale

      Miss Beale jumped into her keel with her rod ‘n’ reel and said to herself, “Oh
      how lucky I feel. Maybe today I’ll catch a shark or seal.”
      But as hard as she fished and as hard as she wished, all she could catch was
      a boot heel and a slimy eel.

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