Dory reads some more ovely passages from ‘The Lost Words’

Hi, this is Dory and this is another page of the book The Lost Words by Robert Macfarlane and illustrations from Jackie Morris.

This one is called Dandelion.

Dazzle me little sun of the grass and spin me tiny time machine
Tick tock, sun clock thistle and dock
Now no longer known as dent-dee lion, lions tooth or windblow,
Tick tock, sun clock nettle and dock
Eden glow, milkwitch or parachute
So let new names take root
Thrive and grow
Tick tock, sun clock rattle and dock

I would make you some, such as
Bain of lorne, perfectionists
Or fallen star of the football pitch or scatter seed
But never would I call you only, merely simply, weed,
Tick tock, sun clock, clover and dock.

And then there’s a beautiful illustration of a dandelion and the clock it turns into.

Now this next one with an illustration of the newt, It’s a bit of a tongue twister so you’ll have to bear with me. It’s not very long.

Newt

Newt Oh newt you are too cute,
Emoted the coot to the too cute newt
With you frilly back and your shiny suit
And your spotted skin so unhirsute
Too cute roared the newt to the unastute coot
With all this careless talk of cute
You bring me into disrepute
For newts aren’t cute
We’re kings of the pond, lions of the duckweed
Dragons of the water
Albeit it’s true, he paused, minute.

Okay Thank you.