By Donna Ferguson Dudley
Word Count: 218
Rating: G (suitable for all audiences)
Summary: A fairy and a leprechaun argue about what’s most important.
A Fairy maid and Leprechaun were sitting, and discussing,
What gave the greatest joy, to life, and soon, they got to fussing.
For Leprechauns, to gold, acquire, their main reason, to be.
For Fairy maids, to live their lives, in beauty, fancy-free.
The Leprechaun said, “Oh, my gold, I love to see it gleam!”
The Fairy Maid rebutted, “Oh, how boring, that does seem!”
The Leprechaun insisted, that a rainbow, bright and bold,
Should prove, it was a wondrous thing, his kettle full, of gold!
The Fairy laughed, and said, “Poor you, to ever, miss the point!”
At this, the silly Leprechaun felt his nose, out, of joint!.
The Fairy Maid said, “Listen well, true beauty’s to be found,
In flowers and in rainbows, too, and every lovely sound!
But slave, to some old pot, of gold, to ever worried, be,
That someone just might come, along, and take it all, from me,
No, that is not the way I’d choose, to spend a single day!”
The Leprechaun, though unconvinced, went trudging, on his way.
Back, to his hidden pot, of gold, to count his clinking hoard.
The Fairy Maid decided, they could not come, to accord.
And so, she went her merry way, enjoying each delight,
While Leprechaun sat, with his gold, just counting, through the night.