A Bucks Luck

Having had poems books published of true animal tales I thought I may put one or two on here. Not expecting much come back but just testing the water as the saying goes.
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A BUCKS LUCK!

I was spotted in a shop window by a little lad who dearly wanted a pet
His mum said, “Let’s take it because it’s the last chance that you’ll get”
I think she was fed up with him when he kept on changing his mind
And as they were both so tired, I was the best pet they could find.

So I was taken home with them where they would look after me
To a lovely hutch in a garden where I could look out and see
A lot of grass and flowers and loads of tempting carrot tops too
I was dying to get out to smell it all and have a really good chew.

After a while they let me out to explore and have a good hop round
When I spotted a big fat doe, or so I thought, sitting on the ground
I climbed on her and rolled straight off, I just could not get a grip
Three times I tried, but each time I fell off, I felt a proper drip.

I was only trying to woo her, but I did not have much luck
And I heard the dad shout out “It wants lessons from a buck”
I didn’t know what he was talking about and then I heard him call
“Just come and look at this daft rabbit, it is trying to court a ball”

The family were laughing at my antics and said that they would go
In the car to the nearest pet shop to see if they could get me a doe.
I have a girlfriend living with me now but that’s not the end you see
The next day they found she was pregnant and it is definitely not by me.

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