Once there was a Cup

And inside the cup there was a Dragon

And the dragon shrank to the size of a pencil sharpener

And inside the pencil sharpener there was a needle

And the needle grew to the size of a chopstick

And I used it to clean my ears

And Ive been hearing better ever since.

With my newly clean ears

I realised that

I'd heard the poem all wrong.

What it really said was...

Once there was a Hat

And inside the hat there was a wagon

And the wagon shrank to the size of a bottle opener

And inside the bottle opener there was a beetle

And the beetle put on some lipstick

And I used the lipstick to help me speak more clearly.

And I've been speaking more clearly ever since.

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