The annual Outhouse Worm Convention was held in Farrow Sparrow's hometown. During this time every crawling creature, creeping things, and worms would frown. Attended by thousands of birds, the worms would loudly cry and moan. Knowing that some of them would not live to see another night or become grown. Farrow had on his very best black alligator shoes and a black tux. He was escorted to the birdseed decorated podium by two mallard ducks. "Greetings, ladies and gentlemen!" How are you doing today?" "I will tell you how to spot the biggest and the most juicest worm without delay." "First, let us stand up and sing our theme song, "Getting Our Worm; Yum, Yum!" "Go ahead and start; our one and only Birdseed Band chewing their gum." "Getting our worm; yum, yum." "Getting our worm; yum, yum." "Hunting is not so hard of a trick." "When we score, our beaks we lick." "We can spot worms with our eyes." "So that we can make worm pies." "Getting our worm; yum, yum." "Getting our worm; yum, yum." "We are good even in pitch dark." "Always homing in on our mark." "Touching them on the shoulder with a tap." "Worm, you have just had a sudden mishap." "Getting our worm; yum, yum." "Getting our worm; yum, yum." Farrow waved everyone to be seated, so that he could start his speach. "I am so happy to be here today and I am so glad I have something to teach." "Think of a long juicy worm as a tasty or scrumptious looking tulip." "The trick is to get them between your fingers and on your finger tip." "The whole idea is to get your worm quickly with one clinch." "So that they won't even know what happen to them making one flinch." "Our advantage, of course, is to see the worms from an elderberry tree." "Instantly, they have become the day's victim and tasty nominee." "The worms would rather for us to only eat tasteless birdseed." "So that their slimy population of relatives can easily breed." "I will end this speech with our famous motto: "Worm here we come." "Swooping down on you and yours truly; you won't be lonesome." "Thank you." The audience gave Farrow a loud applause and a standing ovation. The emcee handed him an arrangement of roses and an antique worm collection. Copyright (C) 1996 Marva L. Dowdin
Reason for writing:
Farrow Sparrow is this country's leading authority on the
hunting and eating of worms. He is also a famous song
writer, singer, and actor. He was asked to deliver this
year's speech to his fellow countrymen at the Outhouse
Worm Convention in Beckley, West Virginia this year.
In my latest book, he is just one of a few characters
that I have written about. Other stories are from real
life situations. All were written to add a bit of sunshine
into someone's life. "A smile is worth a million."
Marva L. Dowdin
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