15 Jul 2013

Greedy!

An egg-bound goose had found relief,
but her clutch was stolen by a thief
who saw the eggs were really gold,
and grabbed as many as he could hold.
The laying process had been tough,
but golden nuggets were not enough -
the young lad wanted ingots, see...
How easy for stacking they would be!
He planned to smelt down all the eggs,
and dreamt of this when he went to bed.
But come the morning, when he looked,
he found it was his goose he'd cooked!

A flight of fancy written for Tess and Agustin Berrocal at The Mag 177
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10 comments:

  1. Silent Otto 15 July 2013 at 11:01

    Ah very clever Jinksy , he must be a climate change denier !

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  2. izzy15 July 2013 at 13:43

    Cooking our goose takes many forms! thanks!

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  3. Helen15 July 2013 at 16:32

    One of your finest ... funniest!!

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  4. Helena16 July 2013 at 00:40

    I'd be stuffing any goose of mine that laid golden eggs full of laxatives!.......It's quite funny to think of an egg-bound bird!

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  5. Other Mary16 July 2013 at 05:00

    Haha - very good Jinksy! The last line the perfect, comic ending. And Helena's comment made me chuckle too!

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  6. Berowne16 July 2013 at 10:07

    Savvy and not far from brilliant...

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  7. Unknown16 July 2013 at 13:56

    Alas, I really hate it when that happens.

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  8. Lyn17 July 2013 at 00:10

    More than clever...how do you do it? (all the time?)

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  9. ninotaziz19 July 2013 at 18:41

    Jinsky! I wish I could hear you read this!

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  10. ~T~20 July 2013 at 18:28

    Oops! Before he could even train her to lay ingots...

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