Caught!

The story below is just for fun--

Fiddle-de-dee and folderol.

But it has FIFTEEN spelling mistakes;

See if you can find them all.

 

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The steakholders got together

And poured over the company's books.

A certain member of the group

Was giving the others dirty looks.

 

You see, he'd been steeling from them

And had not been at all discrete.

After a few distractions, he said,

"My deer sirs, let's go eat.

 

"I don't mean to be callus, you see,

And there are concerns to bring to bare,

And though we must all tow the line,

With a bit of savoir faire,

 

"I have to say that this hole matter,

Is becoming quite a boar.

It greats on my nerves, to put it bluntly.

My head is throbbing; my heart is soar.

 

"All of us are wasting our time

Going over the books this way.

My soul desire would be that we

Could do this on some other day.

 

"You are all so smart, so clever,

So wise and astute, and SO judicious!"

The others, however, were on to him;

His words made them more suspicious.

 

One of the things that gave him away--

Something that ended up being so telling--

Was, along with his indiscretion,

The careless criminal's horrible spelling!

 

They remained there stationery.

One had already called the police,

Who soon arrived and took the embezzler

To jail, so now the cheating will cease.

 

The moral of the story is

One that's obvious, short, and sweet:

Don't give empty complements,

Watch your spelling, and DO NOT CHEAT!

-by Bob B (10-2-24)