Elderberry Fairy

Tread Quietly,
Oh people, hush! 
For didn't you see,
A spotted thrush,
One thrush or two,
Or even three.
In every laden
Elder tree.
They pull and tug,
They flap and push,
To strip the bush;
They have forsaken,
Snail and slug,
Unseen, I watch them,
Safe and snug.
This is a Villeroy and Boch plate which hangs from a beam in our kitchen; it's one of three, which I may blip a bit further down the track.