Undomesticated Animals

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="11f285a1erlcgo.png"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><B>Berton Braley Cyber Museum</B></FONT><B>     |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Berton Braley Cyber Museum"><U><B>home</B></U></A><B>     </B></div> <div>                                                   </div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" background="11ed2c00dkelyh.png"> <div> <A HREF="news_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="News"><U>News</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="biography.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Biography"><U>Biography</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="works.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Works"><U>Works</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="bibliography.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bibliography"><U>Bibliography</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="correspondence.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Correspondence"><U>Correspondence</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="library.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Library"><U>Library</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="meeting_place.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Meeting place"><U>Meeting place</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="guestbook.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Guestbook"><U>Guestbook</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="market.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Market"><U>Market</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="links.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Links "><U>Links </U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="search.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Search"><U>Search</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id400.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About Foundation"><U>About Foundation</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="about_museum.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About Museum"><U>About Museum</U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>Undomesticated Animals</I><I>                                                                                                   </I></div> <div> <I><B>They cost a lot, they're a heap of bother,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>They're mostly hungry and hard to fill,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>They trouble mother and worry father,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>They're rough and noisy enough, but still--</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>They leave disorder the whole house over,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>And oh, how frowsy and grimed they get;</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>They're always bringing some canine rover</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>And wanting to keep the cur, and yet--</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>They wear out clothes in a frightful fashion,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>They haven't a bit of respect for dress;</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>For gathering junk they've an inborn passion,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>They clutter the house, but, nevertheless--</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Of order and duty they've little notin,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>The walk's unswept and the grass uncut;</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>For books or school they show scant devotion,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>They're always getting in trouble, but--</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>The neighbors' windows they're always breaking,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>In roughhouse gangs they are always banding,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Their wild stunts keep us forever quaking,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>They're tough to handle, ye, notwithstanding--</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Boys are a nuisance, there's no denying</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>They're mostly lawless and rarely tame,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Their ways are savage, their manners trying,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>They're restless creatures, but, just the same--</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>We wouldn't care for the house without them,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Dear God, how empty and bleak 'twould be,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>So, though we constantly groan about them</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>We're glad we've got them, because, you see--</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I>Published in: </I></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="copyright.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Copyright"><U><I>© 2000-2006, Berton Braley Cyber Museum. </I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="copyright.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Copyright"><U><I>All rights reserved.</I></U></A></div> <div> <I>---</I></div> <div> <A HREF="mailto:info@bertonbraley.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:info@bertonbraley.com"><U><I>Contact Webmaster Peter Leeflang</I></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="mailto:info@bertonbraley.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:info@bertonbraley.com"><U> </U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>