Shuttlecock
Once down on the Badminton court
two people went there to play the sport
The racquets had agreed to play
but the shuttlecock refused so I took him anyway
we both took our places on the two sides of the court
but the shuttlecock did not come so it looked like the game we had to abort
I tried to catch the cock
but he ran off around the court and refused to talk
I ran after him and tried to stop him
and said “what tiny eyes you have, you won’t be able to go to any film”
and he shouted back “Your ears look silly like they have been given a bad trim”
So I said, “Why are we talking about body parts?”
He replied “I want ‘stop hitting my nose’ time to start”
“You don’t even give me time to put my nose cover!”
So I let him and it turns out the process was even slower
after that, we could play
and the shuttlecock stopped being grumpy all-day