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The Vulture eats between his meals, And that's the reason why He very, very, rarely feels As well as you and I.
His eye is dull, his head is bald, His neck is growing thinner. Oh! what a lesson for us all To only eat at dinner!
The Vulture
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- micheal mumo51 words
it was so good to find the words of this poetry on the internet, it bring back some wonderful childhood memories
Delighted to see this poem on the web, infact I was looking for this for my son's Elocution examination.I'hv managed to get the words and the spelling right.
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great to have come across this poem.It brings my childhood memories way back in Kenya around 1975 when i was in std 4 at the Catholic Parochial School. i remember reciting this poem infront of the class as part of end of the school term exams and i was very nervous
the vulture
the head teacher at the primary school I attended as a child quoted this rhyme often to discourage us from eating between meals