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- βTHE BAGPIPE WHO DIDN'T SAY NO"
- It was nine o'clock at midnight at a quarter after three
- When a turtle met a bagpipe on the shoreside by the sea,
- And the turtle said, "My dearie,
- May I sit with you? I'm weary."
- And the bagpipe didn't say no.
- Said the turtle to the bagpipe, "I have walked this lonely shore,
- I have talked to waves and pebbles--but I've never loved before.
- Will you marry me today, dear?
- Is it 'No' you're going to say dear?"
- But the bagpipe didn't say no.
- Said the turtle to his darling, "Please excuse me if I stare,
- But you have the plaidest skin, dear,
- And you have the strangest hair.
- If I begged you pretty please, love,
- Could I give you just one squeeze, love?"
- And the bagpipe didn't say no.
- Said the turtle to the bagpipe, "Ah, you love me. Then confess!
- Let me whisper in your dainty ear and hold you to my chest."
- And he cuddled her and teased her
- And so lovingly he squeezed her.
- And the bagpipe said, "Aaooga."
- Said the turtle to the bagpipe, "Did you honk or bray or neigh?
- For 'Aaooga' when your kissed is such a heartless thing to say.
- Is it that I have offended?
- Is it that our love is ended?"
- And the bagpipe didn't say no.
- Said the turtle to the bagpipe, "Shall i leave you, darling wife?
- Shall i waddle off to Woedom? Shall i crawl out of your life?
- Shall I move, depart and go, dear--
- Oh, I beg you tell me 'No' dear!"
- But the bagpipe didn't say no.
- So the turtle crept off crying and he ne'er came back no more,
- And he left the bagpipe lying on that smooth and sandy shore.
- And some night when tide is low there,
- Just walk up and say, "Hello, there,"
- And politely ask the bagpipe if this story's really so.
- I assure you, darling children, the bagpipe won't say "No.β
- β Shel Silverstein
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