THE FAMINE <br /> <br />Cackle and lay, cackle and lay! <br />How many eggs did you get to-day? <br />None in the manger, and none in the shed, <br />None in the box where the chickens are fed, <br />None in the tussocks and none in the tub, <br />And only a little one out in the scrub. <br />Oh, I say! Dumplings to-day. <br />I fear that the hens must be laying away. <br /> <br />THE FEAST <br /> <br />Cackle and lay, cackle and lay! <br />How many eggs did you get to-day? <br />Two in the manger, and four in the shed, <br />Six in the box where the chickens are fed, <br />Two in the tussocks and ten in the tub, <br />And nearly two dozen right out in the scrub. <br />Hip, hooray! Pudding to-day! <br />I think that the hens are beginning to lay.<br /><br />Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-famine-and-the-feast/
