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How one thing can lead to another and so forth and so on. It all started with a single photo by Robert ParkeHarrison titled "Flying Lesson".
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Suddenly I realized how absolutely impossibly necessary it was for me to build a Crows cage and fill it with mysterious little creatures!
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My Crows cage stands about 6 feet tall from ground to the top of it's feather plume. Its built from wood scraps and some chicken wire and odds and ends and this and that.
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I wanted it to have the feeling of a deliciously decorated cake of sorts, albeit a wire cake,
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trimmed with prickley dried vines, to keep the spiders out of course!
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and old turn keys to make it safe, a long and winding tale it is and so let us begin.
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Pots with little smiling faces peer out,
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and giggle here and there,
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then Shhhh,shhh, shh! Some one is ever so quietly watching, from up above the rest,
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just waiting for the perfect moment, waiting for a chance,
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to lower herself down and settle beside her.
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All the while unsuspecting and floating on a breeze is a dandelion fluff,
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busy as a bee, teasing and taunting the flower shop girls!
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And the little bitty lacey winged ones flitter all about,
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buzzing in and out,
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and up and down,
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trying out their wings.
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While butterdrag or draggerbutt, which ever you prefer,
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looks on and oversees the youngsters,
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to keep them out of trouble!
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Which is no small feat, might I mention!
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Keep an eye wide open,
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keep a good long watch,
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and though those delicate gossamer wings
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seem fragile at a glance,
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she's the keeper of peace,
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and queen of the land,
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that no one dares to challenge, not bug, not bee,
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or frog or pillar, cater that is.
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Well, at least you can't say I didn't warn you in the beginning!
It isn't easy being green, but it sure is fun! Wait, what were we taking about?!