Monster

THERE WAS ONCE A WHOLE WORLD IN THE
SCARECROW
The farmer has dismantled the old scarecrow.
He has pulled out the straw and scattered it.
The wind has blown it away.
(A mouse once lived in its straw heart.)
He has taken off the old coat.
(In the torn pocket a grasshopper lived.)
He has thrown away the old shoes.
(In the left shoe a spider sheltered.)
He has taken away the hat.
(A little sparrow once nested there.)
And now the field is empty.
The little mouse has gone.
The grasshopper has gone.
The spider has gone.
The bird has gone.
The scarecrow,
Their world,
Has gone.
It has
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