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<\/p>\nA cute little snail called Margot
\nWas served with five other Escargot
\nDressed with garlic and parsley
\nIn a sauce served quite sparsely
\n‘Twas the end of Madame Escargot!<\/p>\n
*<\/p>\n
Now Margot had a cousin, whose name was Gail
\nLarger than Margot but not so pale
\nShe wandered the countryside in Northern Israel
\nBut she never moved around on a very large scale
\nYou won’t believe this incredible tale!
\nBut they picked her up on a dusty trail
\nHer imprisonment felt like a self-betrayal
\nSo, they cooked her with her colleagues in a large tin pail
\nBut she climbed up to the top and lived to tell the tale
\nAnd they never were aware, she was alive though frail
\nSo they served her up with bread that was astoundingly stale
\nFollowed by noodles and pan fried quail
\nAnd a heaven-sent tipple of dark brown ale
\nA feast that would corroborate the Holy Grail
\nBut Gail was renowned as a high-speed snail
\nShe abandoned the plate and left a slimy trail
\nThis gutsy little snail was no longer for sale
\nHell for leather over hill and dale
\nShe felt as though she’d been in jail
\nLet out for a spell on a sizeable bail
\nThat was the feeling that did prevail
\nAs she moved around like a mobile entrail
\nVery aware of every detail
\nAnd what her safety should entail
\nShe was happy and her soul did sail
\nTo survive the ordeal deserves a wholehearted hail
\nShe could amble at leisure and seek her male
\nEvery bit a woman from head to tail
\nThis is the story of indebted Gail
\nAn amazingly brave and indomitable Snail<\/p>\n
*<\/p>\n
Let’s hope they invent a snail embargo
\nSo she doesn’t end up like her cousin Margot<\/p>\n
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Photo: pixelio.de \/ G\u00fcnther Gumbold<\/p>\n
Copyright: Rosemary McGuire<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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