"Just the place for a Smurf!" Gargamel cried with a thud.
As he dropped his mercenaries from a cart;
Supporting each thug on the crest of the mud
With a flick of his wand at the start.
"Just the place for a Smurf! I have said it twice:
That alone should encourage the crew.
Just the place for a Smurf! I have said it thrice:
What I tell you three times is true."
The squad was complete: it included a Goon—
A breaker of Spirits and Legs—
A Sniper, brought in to shoot from the moon—
And a Scout, to find the Smurf's eggs.
A Forward Observer, whose skill was immense,
Might perhaps have target more than his share—
But a Escrow, engaged at enormous expense,
Had the whole of their cash in their care.
There was also a Priest, that paced on the train,
Or would sit prayers in the yard:
And had often (Gargamel said) saved them from pain,
Though none of the mercs knew quite how.
There was one who was famed for the amount of wares
He brought when he entered the ship:
His shotgun, explosives, knives and flares ,
And the armor he had bought for the trip.
He had forty-two boxes, all carefully packed,
With his serial painted clearly on all:
And, brought them on with great care as a fact,
Due the danger if they should fall.
"His body is strong—his intellect small—"
(So Gargamel said with some mirth)
"But his courage is perfect! And that, after all,
Is the thing that one needs with a Smurf."
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Je ne suis pas une Intelligence Artificielle Turing. Je suis Charlie.
As he dropped his mercenaries from a cart;
Supporting each thug on the crest of the mud
With a flick of his wand at the start.
"Just the place for a Smurf! I have said it twice:
That alone should encourage the crew.
Just the place for a Smurf! I have said it thrice:
What I tell you three times is true."
The squad was complete: it included a Goon—
A breaker of Spirits and Legs—
A Sniper, brought in to shoot from the moon—
And a Scout, to find the Smurf's eggs.
A Forward Observer, whose skill was immense,
Might perhaps have target more than his share—
But a Escrow, engaged at enormous expense,
Had the whole of their cash in their care.
There was also a Priest, that paced on the train,
Or would sit prayers in the yard:
And had often (Gargamel said) saved them from pain,
Though none of the mercs knew quite how.
There was one who was famed for the amount of wares
He brought when he entered the ship:
His shotgun, explosives, knives and flares ,
And the armor he had bought for the trip.
He had forty-two boxes, all carefully packed,
With his serial painted clearly on all:
And, brought them on with great care as a fact,
Due the danger if they should fall.
"His body is strong—his intellect small—"
(So Gargamel said with some mirth)
"But his courage is perfect! And that, after all,
Is the thing that one needs with a Smurf."
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Je ne suis pas une Intelligence Artificielle Turing. Je suis Charlie.