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From its roosting perch on a windy ledge

a wader returns to the waters edge

waiting each day for the falling tide

to expose the places where sea-creatures hide

long beak and tongue probing in the sand

for buried worms, cockles and clams

and every day she can truly affirm

that the early bird will catch the worm

Under the log pile, within the sticks

a very odd looking creature sits

long of neck and short of limb

he hopes that none will notice him

for if he can catch an insect to eat

then he is sure of a tasty treat

but if he is spotted in his lair

be sure no creature will pass by there

In a crevice between grey stones lurks

a fat bodied patient predator

who sits and waits to feel a jerk

upon the delicate gossamer

threads of her sticky self spun twine

when another hapless fly is ensnared

a feast upon which she at ease may dine

in the warmth and safety of her lair.