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The figs are gone from the branches below,
\nthe ones that are easy to reach.
\n\u201cToo high,\u201d the geese sigh,
\nWith their eyes they beseech\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The fact is that geese don\u2019t climb trees.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cLet us help,\u201d we implore, We\u2019re sorry that geese don\u2019t climb trees.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe fig is so lovely, just like the goose, (It is sad that geese don\u2019t climb trees.)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThanks so much for helping today, \u201c Remembering that geese don\u2019t climb trees.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
as we stretch for the tip.
\u201cGosh, oh gee,\u201d comes the goose-like plea.
\u201cBe safe, be secure, or surely you\u2019ll trip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nAnd likewise the taste so sublime.
\n\u2019Tis a fact of nature that gives us both stature,
\nAnd yet we\u2019re unable to climb.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nthe geese said to us so sincerely.
\n\u201cDon\u2019t eat fast. Make them last,\u201d we warned.
\nIt\u2019s liable to be your last fig, perhaps yearly!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n