STRAWBERRY’S DREAM.
Beside the unmended fence she lay,. Not heeding rain or mud? Gone was her taste for grass -or hay, • Unexercised her cud? While from her eyes that once were gay, The tears fell in a flood..
Once more as Queen of the herd she strode, Across the meadows green, Raising her head she gently lowed T o her calf - so thin and lean?
But the butcher come grimly along the road? Interrupting that peaceful scene.
That poor little calf so frail and thin, Was the cause of her violent grief? Though he’d done his bit for the war to win, His career was rather briefj So young to end up in a large sized tin, And labelled BULLY BEEN I ’’Bee jay.”
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HQ Highlights, Issue 9, 1 April 1944, Page 1
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124STRAWBERRY’S DREAM. HQ Highlights, Issue 9, 1 April 1944, Page 1
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