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you would laugh when I told you the name of the ch'uu.

'Dang me if it isn't a great big white whale

got into our river; that sure makes a tale !'

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Peter was happy once we'd been inside

the Trashigang dzong with its floorboards so wide.

But as for the rest of the travelling herd,

our Peter was clear - he just gave them the bird.

No, that's not quite fair; he's Hon. Sec. of the RAS,

and has to make sure that good things come to pass.

In the matter of birthdays, a party to make,

there's never a doubt that our Pete takes the cake!

Marlene came a cropper on the road from Pele La;

fell down on the black ice - nearly got hit by a car.

But she came up smiling - Marlene's never sad for long.

She was right as rain next morning when we visited a dzong.

And finally, Kevin and Sarah and Rocky,

my time's nearly up - you should count yourselves lucky.

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