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{{official-document|Title='''The Mule'''}}

===''The Mule''===
My father was a donkey, for 
My mother loved an elf -- 
Or that's how people treat me, so 
I just keep to myself. 

I play the drum, pipe, and lysard, 
I forge, and fence with skill, 
But Cook says keep from mother's sight, 
"Your presence makes her ill." 

A pair of hairy donkey ears 
Would not cause more disdain 
Than these small pointed ears I have. 
I've folded them in vain. 

Sometimes I almost start to say, 
"This really isn't fair -- 
I did not choose to be this way!" 
But nobody would care. 

They haven't put me in a stall, 
I've got my nook and hearth, 
They haven't hitched me to a plow, 
But donkeys have more worth. 

When company is here, I'm sworn 
To never show my face, 
I'm sure visitors know I'm here, 
But I am a disgrace. 

If I could hold a concert, oh! 
What would the watchers say? 
I'd bet, "Bright gods, the boy can sing? 
We always thought he'd bray." 

I'll outlive every one of them, 
Scarce comfort that will be -- 
I'd rather die tomorrow, if 
Someone would smile at me. 

Three generations down the line, 
They'll still keep me up here 
And say, "Stay quiet, wretched thing, 
When company is near." 

I dream I see the elven lord, 
He's glad to see I grew -- 
He offers words of comfort 
And a helpful shoulder, too. 

But I wake knowing it's a lie, 
And I keep to myself -- 
His kind would name me 'mule' too, 
For I'm only part elf!

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