Mary’s Lamb and the Beast

     Mary’s lamb was black as coal

His eyes half blind with hate

And everywhere that Mary went

Her lamb would lie and wait

And when they were all alone

He’d whisper sweetly in her ear

And filled her pretty little head

With lies that grew in fear

Then Mary told just one friend

Who went to tell one more

And in this way the lie was spread

From door to neighbor’s door

Soon the lie raged all around

A beast no one could tame

And no one knew that secretly

Mary’s lamb was to blame.