I didn't write this, really... it was on a letter pushed under my door
with the words made by cutting them from other letters and pasting them
together... honestly....or else it came to me in a cactus weed-inspired
dream...one or the other..

I am a little bard
And I have a little sword
And when you keep on missing rats
It's easy to be bored.

I am a little bard
I've no clothes to keep me warm
Just a pack upon my back
To shield me from the storm.

I am a little bard
I speak on G-A-T
I say that I am new and I
Don't know where I should be

I am a little bard
The scrolls I've duly read
And everything they've told me should
Stand me in quite good stead.

I am a little bard
And a Bard takes me in hand
He teaches me some skills and tricks
And helps me understand

He helps me with some sound advice
Tells me what a Bard should do
He's funny and he's friendly
And I don't feel quite so blue.

He gives me a shiny rapier
And a title that's quite cool
And when I go to Minia
I don't feel like a fool.

I'm still a little Bard, now
And still speak on G-A-T
But I know the big Bards are my friends
And they'll all look after me.


Penned by my hand on the 16th of Chronos, in the year 391 AF.