Gold Coins of Allersets by Saira Mary Thomas

                      Author :: Saira Mary Thomas

                      Class 7, OLSH Parish

The Grand Duke of Allersets,

Was as rich as his title suggests.

He was rather round,

And his laugh shook the ground,

His pocket was full,

Of gold coins, fistfulls!

That shimmered and shone,

Like a well polished trombone.

Through a little outlet,

Fell the coins from the Duke’s pocket!

The first gold piece,

Was used to buy a chunk of cheese,

By a poor orphan boy,

Whose name was Leroy,

To savour and enjoy.

The second was picked up,

By a lad who wanted a pup.

With his discovery in hand,

He reached a moorland,

Where with his precious pound,

He bought a brown basset hound,

With the glittering gold coin he found.

Back in the town,

The next coin fell down.

And a little old lady called Saraf,

Who had desperate need of a scarf,

As her old one was soiled,

And perpetually spoiled,

While in the green fields she toiled.

So that gold coin was used,

To buy the old lady a scarf that she chose.

So her shoulders could be warm,

While she worked in the farm,

Five days a week from dawn.

The last gold coin was found,

By a miser who yelled obnoxiously loud,

“Oh mercy me!

Is that a gold coin I see?”

On it he pounced,

And back home he bounced,

With the precious gold coin he found.

These four pieces of gold,

Well, now their story

has at last been told.

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Closing Thought

You are Gold

How will you shine

Will you be a source of warmth ......(scarf for lady)

or for the needy a helpline ........(food for Leroy)

Will you love unconditionally ........(loving pup)

or just lost in yourself ........(Duke)

Will you hone your talent

or just keep it in the shelf ........(miser)