{"id":117372,"date":"2022-06-25T22:33:39","date_gmt":"2022-06-26T02:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/?p=117372"},"modified":"2022-06-25T22:40:49","modified_gmt":"2022-06-26T02:40:49","slug":"hour-2-a-close-encounter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2022\/06\/hour-2-a-close-encounter\/","title":{"rendered":"Hour 2 &#8211; A Close Encounter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Crow and the fox<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Old lady was frying vadas(1) in the open<br \/>\nCrispy, golden brown makes your mouth water<br \/>\nHungry as she was, a crow dived down like a bomber<br \/>\nThe best looking vada it snatched<br \/>\nSettling on the boughs of a mango tree<br \/>\nThe treat she began to savor ever so slowly.<br \/>\nDown came a sly fox with evil designs on the vada<br \/>\n&#8221; Oh you beautiful crow!<br \/>\nSurely your voice is as great as your person<br \/>\nSing a song for me you nightingale&#8221;<br \/>\nThought the fox, &#8221; the moron would open her mouth<br \/>\nDown on the floor will be the vada<br \/>\nOh , the taste I will enjoy does give goosebumps all over&#8221;<br \/>\nA confused look did the crow sport on her face<br \/>\nHopped left and right on the bough<br \/>\nA thoughtful frown filled her eyes<br \/>\nEver so carefully did she balance the vada on the bough<br \/>\nAnd sang thus, &#8221; hear this mournful melody you silly fox<br \/>\nSmart and half are you<br \/>\nAlas! I am smarter than you!&#8221;<br \/>\nThe fox slunk away with the tail between his legs<br \/>\n________<br \/>\n1. Vada &#8211; deep fried, donut-like savory made with lentil and spices, originated in South India, popular now all over.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crow and the fox Old lady was frying vadas(1) in the open Crispy, golden brown makes your mouth water Hungry as she was, a crow dived down like a bomber The best looking vada it snatched Settling on the boughs of a mango tree The&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4548,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-117372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-half-marathon-poem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4548"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117372"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117372\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":125187,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117372\/revisions\/125187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}