Subject: 9th Dec Prompt 2018
From Wordwielder: The Irregulars plot to surprise Wiggins for Christmas.
A drabble
Gift
Well-worn tools
Are begged or borrowed;
Bits of wood
From shop and yard.
Rusted metalwork
From stables;
Irregulars
Are working hard.
Scraps of wool from
Mrs Watson;
Rosie hones her
Sewing skill.
Arthur finds
Some sheep's wool
Remnants;
Just enough to
Stuff and fill.
Discarded nails
Are found and straightened;
Paint retrieved
From half-dried pots.
Two buckles are, with care,
Untwisted;
Leather strips are
Freed from knots.
Every piece is put together;
Finished article displayed.
All regard the splendid thing,
Which toil and enterprise have made.
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What, they think, will Wiggins say?
Their gift to him on Christmas Day.
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