The Magpies

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Lately I have been working on a task about The Magpies. The Magpies is quite an old story based around these two people called Tom & Elizabeth and Magpies. Underneath this writing there is a table full of the original poem, then underneath that in the same table there is my summary about the poem. So if you want to go and check it out 😊 

Dennis Glover: ‘The Magpies’
When Tom and Elizabeth took the farm The bracken made their bed and Quardle oodle ardle wardle doodle The magpies said
Tom’s hand was strong to the plough and Elizabeth’s lips were red and Quardle oodle ardle wardle doodle The magpies said
Year in year out they worked while the pines grew overhead and Quardle oodle ardle wardle doodle The magpies said
But all the beautiful crops soon went to the mortgage man instead and Quardle oodle ardle wardle doodle The magpies said
Elizabeth is dead now (it’s long ago) Old Tom’s gone light in the head and Quardle oodle ardle wardle doodle The magpies said
The farm’s still there. Mortgage corporations couldn’t give it away and Quardle oodle ardle wardle doodle The magpies say.
Summarise in 60 words minimum 70 words maximum   Use your yellow bookmark card (Section 4 Summarise) to help you,
Begin Summary here: When Elizabeth and Tom took the farm, the shrubbery made their bed. Elizabeth’s lips were red and Tom’s hand was strong to the plough. Year in year out they both worked while the pines grew overhead. All the beautiful crops soon went to the mortgage man. Elizabeth is sadly dead now, and old Tom has gone light in the head. The farm is luckily still there as the Mortgage corporations couldn’t give it away.