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Poets Corner

Manx Tails by Dennis Turner

If you should see a little, furry animal one day,
And you are with a Manxman just be careful what you say!
One nearly bit my head off when I said I'd seen a rat.
He said "It's called a 'long tail'. You must remember that."

But if you see a little creature running round your house
You don't call it a 'short tail', you simply say "A mouse."
The Manx have funny names for little animals like that,
I saw one with no tail at all! THEY call the thing a CAT!

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Poets Corner

Manx Tails by Dennis Turner

If you should see a little, furry animal one day, And you are with a Manxman just be careful what you say! One nearly bit my head off when I said I'd seen a rat. He said "It's called a 'long tail'. You must remember that."

But if you see a little creature running round your house You don't call it a 'short tail', you simply say "A mouse." The Manx have funny names for little animals like that, I saw one with no tail at all! THEY call the thing a CAT!

If you should see a little, furry animal one day,
And you are with a Manxman just be careful what you say!
One nearly bit my head off when I said I'd seen a rat.
He said "It's called a 'long tail'. You must remember that."

But if you see a little creature running round your house
You don't call it a 'short tail', you simply say "A mouse."
The Manx have funny names for little animals like that,
I saw one with no tail at all! THEY call the thing a CAT!