<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><b style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 24pt; font-family: canada-type-gibson, serif;">It Couldn’t Be Done</span></b><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: 24pt; font-family: canada-type-gibson, serif;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 3pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">by Edgar Guest</span></p></div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-indent: -12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Somebody said that it couldn’t be done<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-indent: -12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> But he with a chuckle replied<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-indent: -12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">That “maybe it couldn’t,” but he would be one<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-indent: -12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> Who wouldn’t say so till he’d tried.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-indent: -12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-indent: -12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> On his face. If he worried he hid it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-indent: -12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">He started to sing as he tackled the thing<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-indent: -12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> That couldn’t be done, and he did it!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-indent: -12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-indent: -12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Somebody scoffed: “Oh, you’ll never do that;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-indent: -12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> At least no one ever has done it;”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-indent: -12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">But he took off his coat and he took off his hat<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-indent: -12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> And the first thing we knew he’d begun it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-indent: -12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">With a lift of his chin and a bit of a grin,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-indent: -12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> Without any doubting or quiddit,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-indent: -12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">He started to sing as he tackled the thing<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-indent: -12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> That couldn’t be done, and he did it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-indent: -12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-indent: -12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">There are thousands to tell you it cannot be done,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-indent: -12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> There are thousands to prophesy failure,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-indent: -12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">There are thousands to point out to you one by one,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-indent: -12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> The dangers that wait to assail you.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-indent: -12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">But just buckle in with a bit of a grin,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-indent: -12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> Just take off your coat and go to it;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-indent: -12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Just start in to sing as you tackle the thing<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-indent: -12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> That “cannot be done,” and you’ll do it.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><br></div>—————————————————<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">http://www.MoscowCares.net</span></div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div><div>“A stranger is just a friend you haven’t met.”</div><div>- Roy E. 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