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The House Fly Hunt

Their eyes move in rhythm of the housefly flight Up and loop, straight and back, down and around Snap! Snap! Snap! Eager bites for the winged vermin of flight Tails wagging, bodies bouncing a dance in air Grasping to catch what is no longer there Two little doggies on a hunt Two little doggies on a quest They want to devour that flying pest The housefly dive bombs around their heads They bite and snap and bump and bounce Jumping to catch the elusive prey The housefly just buzzes away away Two pairs of eyes are glued on his hide Watching where ever the housefly flies Like radar their ears are perked up But away away he flies and flies Then he turns into the window Buzzing fiercely at the outside sky But two little doggies triumphantly jump on the couch And the housefly is trapped between glass and two snouts First Kublai snatches the housefly in his mouth His buzzing makes Kublai spit him out Genghis licks up the fly but cannot swallow Kublai nabs him and smacks and smacks Genghis licks Kublai mouth But the housefly has been devoured Their eyes slither and slide Watching another housefly buzz by

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