Willie and the 36

[Frances Morey]

Thanks, Connie,
That was even a better treat than ice cream.
Frances


On Tue, 11 Dec 2001 09:47:29 -0800 (PST), Connie Clark wrote:

>  
>  --- Jim Strong <strongjim@yahoo.com> wrote:
>  > Okay, who's got the words / comic strip panel for
>  > LA's
>  > Wille & the 36 Flavors poem (Feds n' Heads 1968??).
>  
>  ...my pleasure, ahem:
>  
>  Willie and the Thirty-Six Flavors 
>  by Lieuen Adkins
>  
>  Willie walked with happy heart,
>  A shiny quarter in his hand;
>  He went to buy an ice cream cone,
>  A triple-decker ice cream cone.
>  He marched quite gaily all alone
>  Up to the ice cream stand.
>  
>  "I'd like an ice cream cone," he said.
>  The waitress said, "That's very nice,
>  And what will be your flavor, please?
>  Just specify what flavor, please.
>  We've thirty-six varieties--
>  You must be more precise."
>  
>  Willie closed his eyes in thought
>  And ran his fingers through his hair.
>  "I'd like a chocolate," he said
>  "We're out of chocolate," she said.
>  "Would you like licorice instead,
>  Or apricot or pear?"
>  
>  Willie blinked and scratched his head
>  As he stood making up his mind.
>  "I'll take vanilla, then," said he.
>  "We've no vanilla, sir," said she.
>  "But we have cumquat and green pea
>  And watermelon rind."
>  
>  "I'll have strawberry, then." he said.
>  But he was starting now to worry.
>  The waitress spoke and said. "We're out;
>  Since just this morning we've been out,
>  But we have turnip, fig, and trout,
>  And cantaloupe and curry."
>  
>  He could not get a word in now
>  So swifly did the waitress speak:
>  "Oh, we have coconut and spice
>  And pumpkin fudge (You'll find that nice)
>  And cabbage, mango, Spanish rice,
>  Potato, fish, and leek."
>  
>  Willie bolted from the shop
>  And back the way that he had come.
>  As by the grocery store he sped.
>  He stopped to buy a loaf of bread;
>  He took it home with him to bed
>  And ate it every crumb.
>  
>  
>  from:
>  The Book of Lieuen, Including the Lost Verses,
>  edited and deesigned by Robert Burns,
>  Published by Oat Willies, 1991.
>  
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"The Skinny on Weight Loss: One Woman's 
True Journey to Fat and Back" by Frances Morey
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