Jack Jill and Jenny<\/p>\n
Had decided to run<\/p>\n
Through the swirling cornfields<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
School was over<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Jack had a fine camera<\/p>\n
Dangling from his shoulder<\/p>\n
In a brown leather case<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Claudia Dormouse was watching them<\/p>\n
From within the deep undergrowth<\/p>\n
That hid the sea road from their view<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
She knew that they would not return to their school<\/p>\n
They were due to attend university quite soon<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
She also knew that this was the last day of their childhood<\/p>\n
Only maturity and further learning awaited them<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Claudia Dormouse was a wise creature<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Jack Jill and Jenny sat on the stubble path<\/p>\n
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Did you know that in times past swift clipper ships sailed through these cornfields bound for distant shores? <\/i><\/p>\n
They why do we not see them now? <\/i><\/p>\n
Because they have blended into history like many other things<\/i><\/p>\n
Only the ancient stone walls remember them <\/i><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n
Jack stood up and walked into the cornfield<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Where are you going Jack? <\/i><\/p>\n
I am searching for the perfect cornflower <\/i><\/p>\n
That is why I brought my fine camera <\/i><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n
Do you think he will find his prefect cornflower?<\/i><\/p>\n
I think not <\/i><\/p>\n
Do you think it exists at all? <\/i><\/p>\n
Nobody has ever found a perfect cornflower <\/i><\/p>\n
Jack has a thankless task <\/i><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n
Claudia Dormouse watched as Jill and Jenny followed Jack into the lush cornfield<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n
You may have a fine camera Jack \u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n
But you do not have the eye <\/i><\/p>\n
And even on this perfect day <\/i><\/p>\n
The cornflowers are passing you by <\/i><\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
The children\u2019s voices faded as they grew distant from the sea road<\/p>\n
Claudia Dormouse came out of hiding and sat quietly on Jill\u2019s leather satchel<\/p>\n
She looked at its spilled contents<\/p>\n
Which lay low in the afternoon sun<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
In thirty years you will remember this day <\/i><\/p>\n
The day when the clippers passed through these fields <\/i><\/p>\n
Without you witnessing their swift passage <\/i><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n
This was the day when you trampled the most perfect of all cornflowers into the dusty soil<\/i><\/p>\n
It never bloomed again <\/i><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n
This was your last day in the Slapton Clearfields<\/i><\/p>\n
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