Carol Ann Duffy — Weasel Words

Let me repeat that we Weasels mean no harm. You may have read that we are vicious hunters, but this is absolutely not the case. Pure bias on the part of your Natural History Book. Hear, Hear. We are long, slim-bodied carnivores with exceptionally short legs and we have never denied this. Furthermore, anyone here today could put a Weasel down his trouser-leg and nothing would happen. Weasel laughter. Which is more than can be said for the Ferrets opposite. You can trust a weasel, let me continue, a Weasel does not break the spinal cord of its victim with one bite. Weasel cheers. Our brown fur coats turn white in winter. And as for eggs, here is a whole egg. It looks like an egg. It is an egg. Slurp. An egg. Slurp. A whole egg. Slurp...Slurp...