The Ballad of Square Peg

Peg was the happiest of happy little girls

She beamed and smiled all day long and

Everything was good in Peg’s life except

That she was Square Peg and she lived

In the town of Round Holes

Now the town was a beautiful little place

At the foot of a mountain and anyone would be

Lucky to live there, except Peg found that

Being square didn’t fit well in Round Holes

Everything was built and ordered for the round ones and

Peg couldn’t fit in anywhere

She cut corners to try and fit in

But it hurt her more than she cared to let on

So she found that keeping to herself

And avoiding most things that were round was the way forward

One day she walked out of town just to be herself again

And there she met Square Andy and Square Jane having a

Square dance and she joined in and for the first time

In her life she felt truly at peace

Peg ran all the way back to town and decided that she would

Dig a square hole in the middle of town and invite everyone

To come and see

Some thought it was the end of the world, others thought it

Wrong and blamed all the troubles that befell the place on

The fact that there was a square in the middle of the town

But Square Peg realised that a town was only really happy when

Everyone had a place to feel at home and that the people

Of Round Holes only thought they were happy because they were

Going around in circles

And even although it wasn’t easy, Peg stayed where she was

And soon the place eventually became known as the Town of

Round Holes with the Square in the middle of it all.

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