"I think I'll blow an hour or two," 

 The restless West wind said, 



Then liked it so he changed his mind 

 And blew a week instead. 



"Millions in lives and timber lost," 

 The newspapers next said. 



What made those fires all start at once, 

 We wondered as we read. 



"It wasn't us, it was the wind," 



The fools in chorus said. 

 So they're alive and loose this year 



We hope the wind is dead. 



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