The Spoonbill Generator

One day, while I was walking [jm]

Along the banks of the river Thames [Big Andy]

Whom should I espy but Arthur [Beefy ]

The rightful queen of all he surveys [Kansas Sam]

I gave a cheery greeting [Beefy ]

" 'Allo old chap!" [archaeopteryx]

But he fell forward, dead, upon the towpath [Grayman]

On the third day he was risen - he hadn't died at all. [chaise]

Well, actually he had, but [jm]

- this is quite difficult to grasp - [Beefy ]

"The truth", he told me, "is this..." [jm]

"I'm only dead to those who can't read braille." [chaise]

"I am dead to only those who cannot feel." [JoAnna]

"I'm alive to all who want to thrive." [Deborah Dufel]

"Confused? - You will be, but all will become clear" [Beefy ]

And all this was said with nimble fingers signing [chaise]

And brightly coloured birds singing all around [Beefy ]

Who could have predicted what would happen next? [jm]

Nobody [loaf]

One night, while I was stalking [chaise]

The gloomy banks of the river Styx [Beefy ]

Whom should I espy but Arthur's brother [chaise]

The rueful cur of all of the land [jm]

I gave my cautious greeting [Anon.]

And quickly took away my hand [Jennifer Wagner]

Before anything unusal could happen [Jessica Cullen]

I quickly glanced away [Maria Pascucci]

Well, I didn't really... the girls have got it wrong [chaise]

My gaze was transfixed by a suddan apparition [Beefy ]

Then I remembered... Arthur's brother had died two months back [chaise]

Yes - a heart attack befell him when he learned he wasn't Arthur's brother [jm]

Confused? I certainly am, so just imagine how Arthur feels [Anon.]

He has lost all with which he thought was real, [Stephanie Caouette]

Well, he hadn't really... he just thought he had - probably [chaise]

And mourns a brother he never had. Who shall comfort him? [Beefy ]

Why, his only brother and one true friend: Arthur's brother, Frank. [jm]

And though the rhyming slang was obvious, he wasn't worth one [chaise]

And Frank, evil twin of Arthur and transcendent of the great Iago, was scheming: [Megg Byrnes]

I shall bring him back from the ashes [Lori Cushman]

for, from the ashes he shall rise like a phoenix [Scott Wosleger]

And he shall scorch the tree tops in his miraculous flight [Howard Hafford Sr]

And then I realized that I made this entire story up. The End. [jm]