SONG CHALLENGE WINNER!

The Song Challenge:   In Challenge 18, Eluned said "The woods would be silent indeed if only the best birds sang."  Bradypus suggested this quote as a Challenge! idea.  So, what song can you Challenge!rs write with that quote as the premise?

Woodland Chorus by KT

As I went out one morning, a cacophony greeted me
The woods behind my house was in a din
The chirping, screeching, racket of a thousand feathered friends
Was enough to make me want to go back in.

But as I turned, I noticed a lone sparrow on the gate
Whose mournful call stood out above the fray
Said she, "The birds are quarreling; a most discordant sound
They've turned their tranquil home into disarray.

'The woods would be a quiet place if just the best birds sang'
Are the words that brought the forest to the test
Before, each sang his own sweet song, unique in all the world
But now, each one is vying to be BEST.

If only they could realize the beauty each one brings
Their differences, would then, be their delight."
"Perhaps they need reminding," I suggested to the bird
"You can sing it to them as they sleep tonight."

With that, the sparrow chirped for joy, delighted with the plan
And flew off to await the hush of twilight
There in the stillness of the woods, new hope within her heart
Her sweetest song rang clear throughout the night.

"No song is the MOST beautiful; no bird alone is BEST
We are so many living side by side
It's only when each voice can blend, together, with the rest
True harmony can once again preside."

And as the darkness faded with the light of early dawn
A single sparrow's call awoke the forest
And one by one, each voice was raised to join the lovely song
Thus, giving his own best to the Woodland Chorus.

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