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The Google, Microsoft, Yahoo Nursery Rhyme

Once upon a time there were three wolves in the forest
Microsoft and Google and Yahoo, the poorest.
Where Google had pizzazz, Yahoo was shy
Seemingly waiting and hoping to die.

Microsoft was the biggest wolf of the three
With claws and fur and teeth you see.
He worked all summer finding logs for the winter
But Google found the logs faster without getting a splinter.

Microsoft the wolf was powerful, big and resilient
But he hated that Google for being so quick and brilliant.
He secretly cursed Google’s name for showing him up
And vowed that one day Google’s time would be up.

When Yahoo the wolf limped back hurt from the hunt
Microsoft’s ears perked up when he heard that wolf grunt.
The snow came down quick and poor Yahoo was cold
So Microsoft chatted him up, a tale of warmth was told.

“Listen to me Yahoo, I know what does aile you
You want to keep warm, well I want you to be warm too!
I have many logs to burn and all the food you can eat
No more hunting for you, so just put up your feet.

Join with me and forever stay out of the cold
With us — friends forever — the whole forest could be controlled.”
And with that “friendly” talk the wolves hatched a plan
To share all their logs, all their food. And so it began.

Months went by and the teamwork was rough
Yahoo pulled them one way, and Microsoft had enough
He thought he could show up Google once and for all
But Yahoo’s strengths turned out not to work well at all.

Microsoft wanted to hunt but Yahoo wanted to talk
Yahoo would start to run but big Microsoft only walked.
They quarreled and fought like two dueling wolves would
And gathered one half of the wood they thought they could.

While this folly happened Google sat back and laughed
And thought about how those two wolves were trapped.
They’d work twice as hard and get half as much done
They’d walk much slower than Google’s fast run.

Google stuck to his instincts and minded his business
Because to him their partnership was just like Christmas.

The End