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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BEASTLY TALES

THE BEST MAN

“We’ll send McKlusky, he’s hale and hearty!”
“I think if you look closely, sir, you’ll see he is pale and farty!”
“His hands do tremble, palsy he has,”
“Gone are those days of his Razzamatazz!”
“Well, if McKlusky can’t go, well send out McClure.”
“Although, when he last had a medical I can’t be too sure!”
“Yes McClure is younger at seventy three,”
“Can he still get around, with that metal joint in his knee?”
“Yes, the knee replacement surgery was a complete success.”
“Although, with his Dicky Ticker, his heart is in a mess!”

“Well, he really doesn’t have to do a lot.”
“Just send back secrets until he is shot!”
“We’ve forgotten about Kiljoy, a relatively new chum,”
“Now, HE’S Hale and Hearty, although somewhat dumb!”
“Yes, I remember meeting Kiljoy at the last office party.”
“Exceedingly boring, and not at all arty.”
“No, I think we’ll stick with McClure,”
“When you’re on a sticky wicket, it’s best to be sure!”
“There’s Harrigan who is back from vacation,”
“Spent his whole holiday in the North Korean nation.”
“Background information, that’s what he went to get”
“Whether successful, I admit I forget.”
“He was apprehended, sent to a re-education school.”
“Didn’t pass the grade, thought him a bit of a fool.”
“They then re-educated him with clubs and sticks!”
"Had him out in the yard, making clay bricks!"
“Still couldn’t pass, brave fellow, but, by the same token,”
“When he returned from his holiday, his spirit was broken.”

“So it’s McClure, into the breach he will go!”
“We want our best man there, don’t you know?”