We’ve
commenced our journey backward
through Webster’s 3rd. I’m
picking a word near the end of each entry for each letter—a word that interests
me for some reason or a word I’d not ever known before—and surrounding it with
a frayed coat of doggerel.
Words that flew into my life from Webster’s 3rd …
vulpecide
noun
- A person killing a fox by means other than those of hunting by
hounds
- The killing of a fox by means other
than those of hunting by hounds.
Reynard thought it was silly that
Some humans dressed in fancy clothes
(And some of them were very fat!),
Then rode a horse and chased. He knows
It’s just some sort of human fun—
Though when they are with pleasure filled,
Well, Reynard, knows that he's the
one
Who may well end up getting killed.
At least he had a chance that
way—
Some rules of sportsmanship apply,
A sort of deadly game to play.
But at the end a fox would die.
What made Reynard so angry was
The vulpecide that men employed.
It seemed so heartless, cruel, because
These men still seemed so overjoyed
To find a fox dead on the ground.
So Reynard sighed and fled the chase
And hated that dumb bugle’s sound
And hoped to eat a human’s face!
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