2 APRIL 1988, Page 44

No. 1519: The other view

If Bums's mouse, Shelley's skylark or Lawrence's snake, or any other animal addressed in a well-known poem, had been able to give its view of the matter in verse, how would it have done it? Please show me (maximum 16 lines). Entries to 'Competi- tion No. 1519' by 15 April.