{"id":13339,"date":"2013-06-09T10:12:14","date_gmt":"2013-06-09T15:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=13339"},"modified":"2019-11-26T06:30:42","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T11:30:42","slug":"for-want-of-a-nail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2013\/06\/09\/for-want-of-a-nail\/","title":{"rendered":"For Want of a Nail"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"horse\"<\/p>\n

For want of a nail the shoe was lost.
\n<\/i>For want of a shoe the horse was lost.
\n<\/i>For want of a horse the rider was lost.
\n<\/i>For want of a rider the message was lost.
\n<\/i>For want of a message the battle was lost.
\n<\/i>For want of a battle the kingdom was lost.
\n<\/i>And all for the want of a horseshoe nail.<\/i><\/p>\n

This oddball character is an assemblage of odds and ends from our son’s desk drawer.<\/p>\n

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