1 SEPTEMBER 1990, Page 44

No. 1643: Hyper-inflation

`Let sleeping dogs lie' has been poetically hyper-inflated to: If somnolescent on the ground you view Some huge exemplar of the canine crew, Beware with fierce and unrelenting blows To interrupt the quadruped's repose.

You are invited to expand, pompously and periphrastically, an adage or a well-known short poem (minimum four lines, max- imum 12). Entries to 'Competition No. 1643' by 14 September.