The Knight and His Flyswatter

No knights in shining armour!

Nor gallant steeds at his heels!

No princesses to rescue –

Our hero struck a different deal.

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Our knight and his flyswatter

Made the greatest pair of all

They travelled over countries

Fighting all flies, great and small.

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Summer was their season

As the flies came out to play

With only a few wild flails

There the flies’ bodies lay.

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The knight and his flyswatter

Showed no mercy to any fly

If they saw one, you could say

To the poor creature: ‘good bye!’

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One day, they were swatting flies

As they usually did

However, this time, tables turned;

More flies came than expected.

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A war raged between the flies

And our gallant knight

His flyswatter loyally lashed out

Beginning a major fight.

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Although he was scared, our brave knight

With his flyswatter he swept

Across the sea of many flies

Amongst his foes, no lives were kept.

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The news reached the ears of the King

And the many victims of flies

They cheered when the knight returned

And worshipped him till he died.

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The whole world knows about the flies;

Those creatures of the purest evil.

But are flies really the pests they seem

Or are they just trying to live?