Welcome to Beastly Tales. Each has a message, a moral. All are meant to have an element of humour. Naturally, any names included do not depict real folk but are included as part of the joke.

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(As with Beastly Banter Beastly Tales is written and illustrated by Richard Hersel.)

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ALMS IN ARMS

Alms, alms for the needy,
Fill those begging bowls, we’re not at all greedy.
Daily they did the customary Alms round,
Never thinking of girls, to put their arms around.
In the first instance they were thinking of Alms of food.
Not for a second, of arms around girls, in a manner thought rude.

“And now, ladies, mademoiselles and mesdames,”
“Come into my arms, with all of your charms.”
Orville Chung shaved his ‘ead, ‘e meant no ‘arm.
As he joined the procession to procure an alm.
Having filled his alm’s bowl, he did take a seat,
And chomped away, until quite replete!