School Theme 13. The Hedges. (A Real Story) . Poem by Konstantin Ananin

- What did you read hear
Last night, Linda, dear?
- I read of the English
Hedges. They astonish
Tourists, Sir!
_____________- Have you read
About the species that
Grow there.
____________- The hawthorn
Is the main tree that forms
The hedges.
____________- It’s not a tree,
But a bush.
____________- It’s tall.
_____________________- I see,
You’re short. So a tall
Bush is a tree, one and all.
- Yes, Sir. The hedges have been
Planted everywhere since…
Well… I’ve forgotten. I mean
They’re quite old. They’d been
In England before William
The Conqueror came and became
The King and the Tower
Was built. Any flower
Is well protected inside
The hedges and can survive.
- Yes, Linda.
____________- But Sir, I must say
They’re in danger. I’m afraid
The prime cause is the farmer
That makes his fields larger.