A Lost Ring

Beautiful daughter of my village President,
Was presented by her father gift very precious;
(Twenty grams of gold with diamond-stones content),
Gorgeous-looking with fine red-sapphire-strip, gracious...!

Merry, the girl went, exposing it to all,
Father felt proud, though mother grew a bit skeptic;
It's then, on her face, soon a cloud of gloom did fall, 
Hearing the story father grew like dyspeptic...! 

Pond, she said; while bathing; whole water they pumped out;
To the utter surprise of all, no ring they got; 
Mother, guessing daughter's ways, got many a doubt,
Shut her mouth, as she did not know the exact plot...!

On finger of neighbor-boy, the ring someone found,
Before the whole town knew, both eloped, safe-and-sound...!!!

27 June 2022
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June 30, 2022 at 3:15 AM
A vey interesting story, Chris ! Such happenings are not quite rare these days . A mother knows her daughter better :)
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