Maryanna Of Littleham

Title

Maryanna Of Littleham

Artist

Patrick Anthony Pierson

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Painting - Mixed Media

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Long ago in a time of Arcadian daze - those brooding and blissfully, halcyon days - just 'round the bend from where zoetropes play, lived a girl by the name of Maryanna.

In her charge a little lambkin black was put, as black as the black of a bucket of soot; it would follow her 'round and was oft underfoot, and she gave it the name, Thaliana.

One blustery day in the middle of May, it followed the girl to school and away, from home it strayed, to Mary's dismay, for the black sheep knew she might fall prey to the guile of a peckish Coyote.

Come mid-morning the children went outside for sport, they fancied the sheepling with whom to cavort, but with Maryanna it likened to court, so they made up a game they called Fiddlesticks.

Though they left it behind the lamb did tarry, alone in the yard as it waited for Mary; but there's nowhere to hide when you're so far from home, on your own, in the shadow of Coyote.

'Twas the teacher for whom he pretended to fall, professing his love in a telephone call, feigning concern for the kids in the hall, so as to abscond with the lamb.

Now, in order to foil this dastardly sot, Miss Mary took heed of a masterly plot that the children had used more often than not, so she tied up the sheep and shouted, bo-peep! when the blackguard came 'round for his due.

Then off he did run when the children popped up, they screamed and they hollered and got his back up as they chased him away on that one fateful day, when Coyote tucked tail and turned blue.

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