half dog, half cat
with a smidgen of rat
he’s hard to find
and photograph
we list his crimes
in nursery rhymes
from sour grapes
to fox in sox
he makes us laugh–
that sly ol’ fox
I’m reminded of that riddle of the goose, the fox, and the corn, and in case you haven’t heard it, it goes like this: a farmer has to get a goose, a fox, and a sack of corn across a river, but his boat is so small, he can only transport one at a time. Without leaving the fox alone with the goose, or the goose alone with the corn, how does he do it?
–photo by me
michaeljordahl 
I say the farmer feeds the goose the corn to fatten him up and then the Fox eats the goose and then the farmer takes the Fox across the river! 😉
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That’s the best solution yet! Thanks, Jay!
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Yep, that was the only type of solutions I could come up with. Though it seems it would be something sillier than that. Or he can eat the corn himself (which might take soem time) and take one at a time after that. Either one first. Actually he could eat the GOOSE himself, that’s what I would do, tastiest, then the corn and Fox separately.
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getting warmer…
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well, let’s see. He can dump the corn into the bottom of the boat and shove it across, put the Fox in the bag and swim across with it and the goose. Or just get in the boat with the corn and make the Fox and goose swim over. Ha.
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I do love foxes – I live in what I term an urban-suburban area – and boy do we have wild life – especially foxes who seem to be dedicated Washington Post readers because people are always catching them (with the ubiquitous Ring cameras) stealing the paper off their porches. Talk about porch pirates.
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Ha, that’s funny! Porch pirates!
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Fantastic photo and poem! What a beautiful fella, even if he’s up to no good.
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Thank you, Bridgette, I’m sure he’s up to no good!
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Smidgen of rat…haha!
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