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GERALD NOBLE
GERALD NOBLE

A MAN OF FEW WORDS IS HARD TO DESCRIBE
I KNOW THAT HE HAD HIS FIRST BIRD WHEN HE WAS JUST FIVE
AND LOST FIVE LITTLE CHICKS ON A LONG WAGON RIDE
A STORY HE STILL TELLS ...AS YOU SIT BY HIS SIDE

A GREAT WIFE AND FIVE BOYS ARE HIS JOY AND HIS PRIDE
BUT A VERY CLOSE SECOND ARE HIS BIRDS....KEPT OUTSIDE
AFTER FORTY YEARS OF HATCHING  SMALL LITTLE CHICKS
A NEWLY HATCHED PHEASANT STILL GIVES HIM HIS KICKS

IN HIS EIGHTIES NOW...HIS FLOCK IS MUCH SMALLER
BUT NUMBERS DON'T COUNT...IT'S THE BEAUTY AND COLOUR
FIRST THING IN THE MORNING AND LAST THING AT NIGHT
HE'S FOUND IN THE BIRD PENS WITH EAGER DELIGHT

HE STARTS SEARCHING FOR EGGS BEGINNING MARCH FIRST
THE RITUAL'S THE SAME AS THOUGH IT IS REHEARSED
WITH INCUBATOR READY AND BROODERS ALL SET
GERALD IS READY FOR A NEW LITTLE PET

HIS KNOWLEDGE OF BIRDS....FEW CAN SURPASS
WITH YEARS OF EXPERIENCE....HE'S HEAD OF THE CLASS
HIS BIRDS BRING HIM PLEASURE..THAT HE LOVES TO SHARE
HIS KNOWLEDGE ..I'VE LEARNED ...SINCE I AM HIS HEIR

SO DAD...THIS IS FOR YOU ...FOR THE JOY THAT YOU GIVE
TO ME AND MANY OTHERS ..AS LONG AS YOU LIVE
I'D BETTER GET GOING....I'VE HATCHING TO DO !!!
WITH EACH NEW LITTLE CHICK ...I'LL BE THINKING OF YOU.

                                                                           
Bob Noble