Limerick : Once a Queen stuck to Doddering Duke
Once a Queen stuck to Doddering Duke
Sent him on a mission with Lucky Luke*
Off on Jolly Jumper*
With Rantanplan’s* sister
Ever since Queen is free of/from rebuke.
Resources :
• Lucky Luke : a French cartoon héro, the caricature of the Far West sharp-shooter
• Jolly Jumper : in the Lucky Luke comic books, considered « the best horse in the world ».
• Rantanplan : in the Lucky Luke series, considered « the stupidest dog in the Universe »
© T. Wignesan – Paris, 2013
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