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Poetry Contest: Urrmsh Song

As Cymbril is saying good-bye to Urrt, one of the Urrmsh tells her that the song they are singing “is about you. It has only a beginning so far.” For this month’s poetry contest, we’d like you to write the words to a song the Urrmsh might sing.

Perhaps your song will be about Cymbril and Loric and their yearning for freedom. Or will it tell of the history of the Strongarms or the adventures of Urrt? You might write about Cymbril’s feelings—both happy and strangely sad—about leaving the Rake. If you do write about Cymbril, will your song, unlike the one the Urrmsh sing, have an ending?

Whether your song is about something that happens in the story, or you make up a new adventure, everybuggy will be tap dancing to the Cricket Country mailbox to sing your lyrics/poem of 24 lines or less—in English, please, not Urrmsh!

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    1. Your contest entry must be your very own original work. Ideas and words should not be copied.
    2. If you're 14 years old or younger, your entry must be signed by your parent or guardian, saying it is your own original work, that no help was given, and granting Cricket permission to publish prizewinning entries in the May/June 2009 issue or on our Web site. If you're older than 14, you must sign your own work, verifying that it is original.
    3. Be sure to include your name, age, and full address on your entry.
    4. Only one entry per person, please.
    5. If you want your work returned, enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope for each entry.
    6. Incomplete entries cannot be considered. Your entry will be incomplete if you forget to include your age or a signature verifying that your work is original.
    7. Your entry must be received by 25 February 2009.
    8. Send entries to:

      Cricket League
      P.O. Box 300
      Peru, IL 61354