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The Starling

By well-wisher

Thu, 09 Apr 2015
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The starling is a bird that’s blessed

with small white stars upon its chest

but why is it so brightly dressed?

Well, this is what I say.

 

One night, a Starling flew so high;

it touched a star within the sky

with its chest feathers, that is why

Starlings wear stars today.

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