Chapter IX

Creature Alone (excerpts)

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Creatures do come along

In numbers large and small

But each one still counts

Whether they're short or tall.

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We're talking of 2's

3, 4, 5, 6 and more,

Both Creatures and animals

Humans and more.

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Big bands and brigades

Batallions I'm sure.

Gangs, groups and gaggles

And seal pods with fur.

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Clusters and clumps,

Great swarms of small fleas,

Casts, crews and crowds

Stingy hives of hot bees.

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Platoons, hoards and heaps,

A bevy of quails,

Packs, parties, cohorts,

A great gam of whales.

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Companies, covies

Coterie and cabal,

Multitude, mobs --

We will mention them all.

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There are squads, there are slews,

Fleets and high soaring flocks,

Regiments and throngs,

That wind around blocks.

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Troupes, tribes, special clubs

Large legions and droves

A murmurations,

Starlings in the groves.

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Nightingale watches

Skeins of flying geese,

Herds of woolly sheep

Toasty warm in fleece.

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Panoplies and piles,

Bananas in a bunch,

Dark plague of locusts

That crunch up their lunch.

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Springs of winged teal,

Charms of fine finches,

Schools, shoals of fishes,

Litters of grinches.

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Pride of the lion,

And sloths of big bears,

Foxes in skulks,

All tucked in their lairs.

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Kennels of kind dogs,

And clowders of cats,

And what would you call

A nice bunch of rats?

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But before we go on,

Let us not forget,

The importance of one

Whom we have not met.

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You have Creature Alone

When you start off with one;

We'll add one at a time

And have more when we're done.

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Add one, then you have

Creature Couple - that's two.

Then bring in another

To make something new.

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You get Creature Group

With three, four, or more.

There's a different Creature

When the numbers soar.

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Somewhere you will find.

A bit bigger size.

We'll call critter crowd,

He's not very wise.

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He's just sort of big

And doesn't think well.

Just too many brains

That can't even tell

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The difference between

Who, when, where, or what.

One big ol' critter

Stuck deep in a rut.

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Critter crowd moves about

Without even knowing,

But moving anyway,

Not sure where he's going.

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Like so many other Creatures,

No one is the best.

Each has his own time

A place in your nest.

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Take Creature Alone.

Sometimes he's just right

For peace and quiet

During day or night.

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Alone helps you do things.

Like discovering who

You are all by yourself

And just what you can do.

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