As you peer outside your lair.

I bring you no harm,

There’s no need for alarm.

Still as could be, his ears perked high.

And I wondered what it may imply.

A step closer I went.

His nose wiggled with scent.

Then in the blink of an eye,

this indeed is no lie,

he was gone.

At the hole he went down

there was a shinny gold crown

and a note he had left for me.

“Strive boldly with ...