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All things bright and beautiful, the Lord God made them all, he also made some ugly stuff, I think I can recall. Snails and slugs just crawl along, and gooey stuff they wipe at least the Lord gave neither of the pair a racing stripe. And spiders- pray do tell, dear God, give us the where's and whys, such critters can go scaring people sixty times their size? And Moths, come on, give us a break, at night they are released to interrupt our viewing and we don't get any peace. You gave us wasps- what's that about? The evil that they do announcing their arrival when you're sitting on the loo. Oh, Woodlice, too, yeah, thanks for those, that really was so sweet of you to stop me using my bathroom in just bare feet. Your catalogue of ugly bugs don't leave me overjoyed though if you'd not made Butterflies, I'd REALLY be annoyed.

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Date: 10/16/2016 8:05:00 AM
This is wonderful, Mr Viv. I'm not a big fan of pesky insects and spiders. Mosquitoes, ticks what's their function? Love the humor!
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Viv Wigley
Date: 10/16/2016 10:59:00 AM
Without such ugliness and annoyance, Daniel, would we appreciate the beauty? Even Ladybirds have an ugly underside. Makes you think. Thanks for dropping by again. Regards, Viv

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