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Antler Ride
I heard the bells ring Christmas Day
As joyfully I chewed away,
The reindeer said, “WHO
On my antlers does chew?”
“I’m guilty,” was all I could say.
“I’m leaving,” the reindeer announced,
“Come down or you’ll surely get bounced.”
“No, I can hang on,
For the time that we’re gone,”
I foolishly squeaked and pronounced.
I shivered and held on so tight,
This trip might just cause me a fright,
The wind whistled past,
We were going so fast,
“Merry Christmas to all and goodnight.”
The Competition
Three chickens who constantly cackle
Keep eyeing the guy with the hackle,
But cock-of-the-walk,
Says, “There’s way too much talk,
The brown hen’s the one I would tackle.”
No Running Away, Gingerbread Man
A gingerbread man, name of Stan
Was smiling as he left the pan,
He said, “I won’t run,
Cuz I know we’d have fun…,
If you’re nice and don’t bite me, we can.”
*Gingersnap Recipe
In a saucepan, heat up:
1 cup butter
1 cup molasses
1/2 cup brown sugar
Bring to a boil, while stirring the mixture. Let it simmer about a minute until it is bubbling vigorously.
Take it off the heat and pour it into a mixing bowl.
Have dry ingredients ready to add to the syrup mixture.
3 and 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon powdered ginger
Mix dry ingredients with syrup mixture and then pour it onto a heavy plate to put into the fridge to cool for a few hours. I make a couple of cuts in the dough to quarter it on the plate so I can more easily get it off the plate in pieces when it is cooled.
Roll out the dough to about 1/8 inch thickness (it will be hard to roll out at first until the dough loosens up and warms a bit – this is where the man of the house comes in handy) and use a cookie cutter to make the round shape of gingersnaps.
Bake at 350 degrees for about 8 minutes (until the edges are just beginning to turn darker brown). Take them out of the oven and set them aside for a couple of minutes before trying to put them on a cooling rack. They will get “snappy” as they cool.
Use the leftover pieces of dough to make your gingerbread man.
Sea Pearls
An ocean of water so gray,
Was suddenly gladdened one day,
The rain tumbled down,
Throwing pearls all around,
Bringing sparkles of cheer to the bay.
Laughing Kookaburra
See the disrupted feathers on the kookaburra’s breast. Doesn’t it look like a face with two eyes and a ripply mouthline?
There once was a bird who could laugh,
His jokes were much funnier by half,
Than any wild creature
The forest could feature,
He thought life was simply a gaff.
Wallaby
Willoughby Woo was a wallaby
Whose kangaroo friends called him “Wannabe,”
He’d pretend to be cool,
But they called him a fool.
It’s not what a wallaby oughtta be.
“Now listen, my friend, Joey Roo,
I’m certain we’re cousins, we two,
Though different in name,
We are clearly the same,
And you see that I’m handsome like you.”
Still, Willoughby Wallaby Woo
Wished he were a fine kangaroo,
His friend Joey Roo,
Said, “I know what to do.
Just say, ‘Bibbity Bobbity, Boo!'”
Pied Cormorant
A cormorant who was named Wendy,
Was famous for being so bendy,
She craned her neck back,
Without making it crack,
And now this lithe move is quite trendy.
The Chicken Ballet
The big pot of stew was just brimming
With juices right after the skimming,
The drumsticks of chickens,
Said, “Oh, what the Dickens!
We’re doing our synchronized swimming.”
Rainbow Lorikeets
It’s limerick month. I won’t necessarily do one a day, but maybe every second day or so.
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