He jumps over a lazy dog—that's
what starts the whole thing off. Now
the dog's in mad pursuit, not so lazy
anymore. The fox had a good head start.
He's just teasing that old dog.
We watch from our front porch,
laughing as we drink our mint juleps.
"Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs,"
yells dad. "Sure, Dad," we say, but no one
gets up. Dad drinks too much liquor
anyway. We've felt his drunken rage
and the stinging leather of his belt.
Best not to let Dad hear us, we all know.
Wafting zephyrs quickly vexed Jumbo.
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