Category: Poetry
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A hedgehog under lilac tree
Ae bonnie night, unner lilac bloom, A hedgehog slumb’rin, peacefu’ gloom, His wee bit hame, sae snug an’ neat, His heart content, wi’ sleep sae sweet. A fearsome din did wauken him, He peek’d oot, startl’d, feelin’ grim, A gruesome ogre, saw in hand, Wad fell his lilac, his wee land. He cried oot, “Help…