Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A SNAKE YARN, by W. T. GOODGE


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First Line: You talk of snakes,' said jack the rat
Last Line: "it was a log!"
Alternate Author Name(s): Goodge, William Thomas
Subject(s): Animals; Snakes; Trees; Serpents; Vipers


"You talk of snakes," said Jack the Rat,
"But, blow me, one hot summer,
I seen a thing that knocked me flat—
Fourteen foot long, or more than that,
It was a regular hummer!
Lay right along a sort of bog,
Just like a log!

"The ugly thing was lyin' there
And not a sign o' movin',
Give any man a nasty scare;
Seen nothin' like it anywhere
Since I first started drovin'.
And yet it didn't scare my dog.
Looked like a log!

"I had to cross that bog, yer see,
And bluey I was humpin';
But wonderin' what that thing could be
A-layin' there in front o' me
I didn't feel like jumpin'.
Yet, though I shivered like a frog,
It seemed a log!

"I takes a leap and lands right on
The back of that there whopper!"
He stopped. We waited. Then Big Mac
Remarked, "Well, then, what happened, Jack?"
"Not much," said Jack, and drained his grog.
"It was a log!"





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