JACK

 I left the village in the early morning
I was sent out, on a mission
I was to sell the family cow
Upset because she was my only friend
But duty is duty and must is must
A man in a in striped hat looked at my cow
“I’ll give you 50 pieces of silver”
It didn’t seem like a fair price
“No thank you sir I want something more”
Then a man on horseback stopped to squint
“I’ll give you 100 pieces of silver”
‘Still’ I thought, ‘not quite enough’
“No thank you sir, I want something more”
In town, the butcher made me an offer
“I’ll give you 100 pieces of silver and half a pig”
“Which half sir?” was my smart reply
“The whole half” he was smarter than I
I felt the ungodly sting of temptation
But decided to hold out for something more
I finally met a man in wizards garb
“I’ll give you 5 beans, 5 magic beans”
Without thinking I shook his hand
And the deal was done, ‘I’d been well done’
I wandered slowly back to the village
There was much laughter and finger pointing
That night at a meeting of the village elders
I was promoted to Village Idiot
It was great all of a sudden to be
A somebody, a local celebrity of sorts
I ate the magic beans on toast
And sat admiring the plaque on the wall
‘Jack – Our Village Idiot’
‘No greater fool exists here’
‘I must try harder to be an even greater fool’
Then I met Jill and fell for her
Despite realising I now had competition.