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A VERY NICE PAIR by ANONYMOUS

First Line: TWO MAGPIES SAT ON A GARDEN WALL
Last Line: AND THE OTHER LITTLE MAGPIE'S TAIL
Subject(s): BIRDS;MAGPIES;TAILS;
TWO magpies sat on a garden wall,
As it might be Wednesday week;
And one little magpie wagged his tail
In the other little magpie's beak.

And doubling like a fist his little claw-hand,
Said this other: "Upon my word,
This is more than flesh and blood can stand,
Of magpie or any other bird."

So they picked and they scratched each other's little eyes,
Till all that was left on the rail
Was the beak of one of the little magpies,
And the other little magpie's tail.



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