Here is a “too clever” crossword puzzle I made. My friend Mike says it’s also too sparse.

There were two kinds of birds in the great forest; Blue jays, which were called Blues, and Cardinals, known among the birds as Reds. The Forest Birds were led by a Circle of Birds that lived in a great Willow tree on a field at the edge of the great forest. These were known as the Willow Birds.

All the birds lived in peace sharing an abundance of bugs and occasional worms, until one day the Circle of Birds decided to make a list. “The list will be of worms.” they said, “That we may know where our abundance lies.”

Stella, a forest bird whose mother was blue and father was red and had white speckles on her tail, said “No lists. Lists are for people and machines and will make us like them.”

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Introducing my new blog. Jack etc. Sew like a man.

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