Have you hear about the Oyster?
It's a clammy subject, true,
But, there's friendly inspiration,
That is good for me and you.
We could solve so many problems,
And out trials understand,
If we'd only learn the lesson,
Of the Oyster and the Sand.
There once was an oyster,
Whose story I'll tell,
Who found that some sand had got under his shell.
Just one little grain, but it gave him a pain,
For oysters have feelings,
For all they’re so plain.
Now, did he berate this working of fate,
That had led him to such a deplorable state?
Did he "curse out the government", "call for election",
And cry, that the sea should have given "protection"?
No, he said to himself, as he lay on his shell,
Since I cannot remove it, I'll try to improve it.
Now, the years rolled around, as the years always do,
And he came to his ultimate destiny – stew,
But the small grain of sand, that had bothered him so,
Was a beautiful pearl, all richly aglow.
The tale has a moral, for isn’t it grand,
What an oyster can do with a morsel of sand?
What couldn’t we do, if we’d only begin,
With all of the things that get under our skin...
Broward Shell Club 