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MAMA'S CRY AND CURSE : RHYME 88

"Ah, honeysuckle!...honeysuckle!",
Mama cried in pain
When a goat ate up the shrub
In her garden.
Then she prayed to God, in anger,
To punish that pitiless creature. 

"Ah, poor goat!...poor goat!",
Mama cried in pain
When a wolf ate up the goat
In her garden. 
Then she prayed to God, in anger,
To punish that pitiless creature. 

"Ah, poor wolf!...poor wolf!",
Mama cried in pain
When a tiger ate up the wolf
Behind her garden. 
Then she prayed to God, in anger,
To punish that pitiless creature. 

"Ah, poor tiger!... poor tiger!",
Mama cried in pain 
When she found the tiger dead
Behind her garden. 
Then she prayed to God, in anger,
To punish that pitiless offender...

Mama does cry for each one killed 
And curse each killer,
But little Mama knows not this is
The handiwork of Nature.

- N P SAMAL 

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