Last evening we were at the water watching a sea otter diving and catching fish for dinner and listening to the party rattle of a Belted Kingfisher. We were enjoying the clear sky and warm glow before the sun set when a commotion broke out. A raspy voice clattered up from the forest floor shouting with the stage presence of a news orator…
The Queen of Hearts, she made some tarts,
All on a summer day:
The Knave of Hearts, he stole those tarts,
And took them quite away!
The Queen of Hearts, shouted “Give me back those tarts”
Scaring the two of hearts,
Who changed into a pair of lady’s slippers
the two of hearts - lady's slippers
The Knave of Hearts
Didn’t have his clipper
And even after several false starts
he couldn’t save the lady’s slipper
the lady's slipper
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Farther on he dropped the tarts
Crying “Chocolate Lily!”
Chocolate Lily Fritillaria affinis
The Queen of hearts
Told him not to be so silly
My thanks to Lewis Carroll for the inspiration from The Knave of Hearts in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.
Chocolate Lily or Checkered Lily
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Sprout Question: When was the last time you were creatively silly?
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