Kirsanov.net: Wild Pleasure of Exploration.
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Life’s Sweet Sin
In yon green woods, where hedgehogs roam, Whaur thistles grow, and briars entwine, A prickly chap, he called it home, Wi’ fur sae coarse, yet heart sae fine. His cravings strong for foreign fruit, Ane taste he longed, sae sweet and rare, A pineapple, exotic loot, Nae found in woods, nor growing there. Ae day,…
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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…
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Of mousie o’ Auchtermuchty
In yon braw hamlet o’ Auchtermuchty, Whaur the wind whistles thro’ the heather, There bides a tale o’ a wee mousie, A tale that’ll be tauld forever. A mousie wi’ a name sae lang, It gar’d the maist learned men stammer; Sae lang it couldnae be wrang, A name, aye, o’ confoundin’ glamour. Auld Jock…
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Alternate ending to Gruffalo
On went the mouse through the deep dark wood.A cat saw the mouse, and the mouse looked good. “Where are you going to, little brown mouse?Come and join me for a snack in my cosy house.” “It’s terribly kind of you, Cat, but no –I’m going to play games with a gruffalo.” “A Gruffalo? What’s…
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To Stirling Castle
I. O Stirling fair, in history steeped, Wi’ tales of battles fought and weeped, A Royal Palace, grand tae see, A monument o’ Scotland’s glee. II. Upon yon hill, it proudly stands, A witness to auld Scotland’s lands, Where Wallace roared an’ Bruce prevailed, Their fight for freedom ne’er derailed. III. The Stirling Bridge, a…
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