There once was a man from St Ives <br />Who, commended for saving two lives, <br />Said he'd had to react, <br />As the bees had attacked <br />While the thieves had been stealing their hives. <br /> <br />(Written Nov 2012)<br /><br />John Carter Brown<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/limerick-079/