Welcome to Beastly Tales. Each has a message, a moral. All are meant to have an element of humour. Naturally, any names included do not depict real folk but are included as part of the joke.

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(As with Beastly Banter Beastly Tales is written and illustrated by Richard Hersel.)

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BEASTLY TALES

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Fido Farage was stared at, because he had a big nose.
Prima facie, this was not unusual, as far as it goes.
Many beings have proboscis quite large.
But, in homo sapiens, none more than Farage.
It was not a result of telling untruths,
Neither was it something uncovered by sleuths.
It was due to his heritage, nothing more.
His antecedents, perhaps, from a Mediterranean shore.
Where larger noses are not considered unusual or scarier.
So long as when looking through windows, the owner is warier.

Everyone knows that a busy-body is a Nosey Parker.
Always poking their nose in, be it lighter or darker.
It would seem that Fido Farage had an unfair advantage,
When it came down to enquiring nose plantage.
If one was a sleuth, “following his nose,”
Farage would lead the pack, anything goes!
What of a Snoop, poking their nose into others affairs?
Would Farage again have the advantageous flairs?
To permit him to snoop so much better than others.
Even when accompanied by their own mothers.

How about olfactory senses?
The sense of smell, in past and present tenses.
Would the size of one’s snout provide unfair advantage,
When sourcing a scent on pathway or plantage?
The feeling is that the answer may be, “yes.”
Though, how that would work, is anyone’s guess.
For example, pigs and dogs make great truffle hunters,
Unveiling hidden truffles, those clever sniffers and grunters.
But as for Farage, he’s not even in charge,
Unable to keep up, in this nostril barrage!