THE UGLY DUCKLIN'

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=215 BGCOLOR="#999999" TEXT="#080000" background="0440eb82ermwup.jpg"> <bR> <div> "BECAUSE"   </div> <div>  <embed src="HTMLobj-503/Because.mid" autostart="false" width="145" height="70">  </div> <div> sound control</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="food for thought 3 homepage"><B>BACK TO HOME 3</B></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="guestbook.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="GUESTBOOK"><B>VISIT GUESTBOOK</B></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="memories.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="MEMORIES"><B>BACK TO MEMORIES</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="memories.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="MEMORIES"><B>SELECTION PAGE</B></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=95 style=" border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;" BGCOLOR="#999999" TEXT="#080000" background="043b85f1ermwup.jpg"> <div> <B>FOOD FOR THOUGHT MEMORIES</B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=385 width="100%" colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>THE UGLY DUCKLIN'</I></div> <div> <IMG SRC="18ddc3b0.jpg" border=0 width="220" height="315" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Parents of William E. Hardison</div> <div> (1916)</div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="242" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 1866 WIDTH="238"><bR> <div> "THE UGLY DUCKLING"</div> <bR> <div> When Mom and Dad were married way back in world war 1, they did not plan a family clan, just hankered for one son. </div> <bR> <div> Times were quite depressing then with house and farm to run, and Dad could use a helping hand that comes from siring one. </div> <bR> <div> But fate would deal the players hand, which dealt my folks a "straight", for fourteen years, six girls they reared.. with no son to equate. (and time was getting late!) </div> <bR> <div> 'Cause Dad had gotten up in age and Mama, she was tired, and if they don't get what they want, with females they'll be mired! </div> <bR> <div> By then the farm had all run down and diapers all piled up, and daddy's aims had still not changed, he did not have enough. </div> <bR> <div> So they "set sail" to birth a male... to fulfill Daddy's aim; to work the farm, go arm and arm.. to carry on Dad's name. </div> <bR> <div> So now it's 1928 and all are filled with joy, 'cause Mom and Dad have changed the fad, with bouncing baby boy! </div> <bR> <div> Now due to fate Dad has his mate, but yet dissatisfied; 'cause he wants more to tie the score.. their goal is set for five, </div> <div> this was their aim to start a chain of five more males they sought;</div> <div> but in the try for that next guy,</div> <div> a huge surprise was brought;</div> <div> for in the world came one more  girl , that brought a screeching halt!</div> <div> Well, all in all I'm happy now, but life back then weren't free; 'cause gloom unfurled when all the girls.. kept ganging up on me! </div> <bR> <div> William E. Hardison</div> <bR> <div>   <div align="center"> <div style="padding:0px; border:1px solid #999999; width:235px; margin: 0px;background-color:#F2F4FA;"> <form action="http://pub2.bravenet.com/elist/add.php" method="post" style="margin:0px;"> <div style="background-color:#DBE0F5;padding:3px;font:12px arial;color:black;"><b>Join the Mailing List</b></div> <div style="margin:10px; font: 11px arial; color: black; text-align:right;"> <div style="margin-bottom:5px;">Enter your name and email address below:</div> Name: <input type="text" name="ename" size="25" maxlength="60" /><br> Email: <input type="text" name="emailaddress" size="25" maxlength="100" /><br> <input type="radio" name="action" value="join" checked style="border: 0px;"/>Subscribe  <input type="radio" name="action" value="leave" style="border: 0px;" />Unsubscribe  <input type="hidden" name="usernum" style="border: 0px solid black; height: 0px; width: 0px;" value="126720699" /><input type="hidden" name="cpv" style="border: 0px solid black; height: 0px; width: 0px;" value="1" /> <input type="submit" name="submit" value="GO" /></div> <div align="center" style="margin-bottom:5px;"><a title="Free Mailing Lists from Bravenet.com" href="http://www.bravenet.com"><img src="http://assets.bravenet.com/cp/bn-elist.gif" alt="Free Mailing Lists from Bravenet.com" border="0"></a></div></form> </div></div>   </div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="the_old_country_church.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="THE OLD COUNTRY CHURCH"><B>NEXT POEM</B></A></div> <bR> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>