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By: Almir
Posted on: April 29, 2006


The wing'd Prince doth shed a tear,<br>
Lamenting for his subject dear,<br>
Cleaved in two, a bird once grand,<br>
Now splintered in its master's hand.<br>

No comfort in his mother's arms;<br>
Limited are Queenly charms,<br>
For beauty cannot resurrect,<br>
And so the bird remains a wreck.<br>

A wandering traveller happens upon<br>
The radiant Queen and her sad son,<br>
Without a word, he takes the toy,<br>
And steals it from the Atavian boy.<br>

But unbeknownst to His Highness,<br>
The traveller plans an act of kindness,<br>
And bends his steps past royal maid,<br>
To find the bird some better aid.<br>

For if any in the land can fix<br>
The Prince's toy - 'tis Perdix!<br>
And sure enough, with paint and glue,<br>
It is fixed as though 'twere new.<br>

In the Palace, the Prince still mourns;<br>
All manner of heavenly foods he scorns -<br>
Even Lucinda's finest sweet,<br>
Cannot tempt the boy to eat.<br>

Suddenly! In the stranger strides,<br>
Leaves the toy by the Prince's side,<br>
A kindly smile upon his face,<br>
He bows and leaves with reverent grace.<br>

Onto the bird Elatus bounds -<br>
Through Arcadia his joy resounds,<br>
His wing'd toy, ever ador'd,<br>
Has been so lovingly restor'd.<br>