IF YOU WANT A FRIEND, TRUE AND BLUE, TIL THE END,
AN OWL MIGHT JUST BE RIGHT FOR YOU;
FOR WHILE AN OWL MIGHT HOWL AND HOOT,
AND THEY ARE AWFUL CUTE, THERE IS NO DENIAL, IN TIMES OF SORROW, TODAY AND TOMORROW,
THEY WILL LEND YOU AN EAR,
AND NEVER REPEAT WHAT THEY HEAR;
YOU CAN TELL AN OWL YOUR INNER MOST SECRETS,
YOUR HOPES AND DREAMS, FEARS AND REGRETS.
AN OWL NEVER BETRAYS, YOU CAN TRUST THEM - ALWAYS;; FOR AN OWL, THOUGH THEY MAY SAY "HOO";
THEY WILL NEVER EVER QUESTION YOU;
NOT ANY OF IT, NOT A SINGLE BIT;
WHATEVER YOU FIND UNFITTING, SITTING ON YOUR MIND
TO REVEAL, UNZIP, UNSEAL AND UNWIND,
KNOW - AN OWL WILL NEVER SINK SO LOW AS TO PRY,
NOR EVER ASK YOU WHAT, WHEN, WHERE OR WHY! T. W. FULLER; __