Electoral Haiku: But, what if we lose?

But, what if we lose?
Then we keep on fighting hard.
Persist, regardless.

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THE PERSISTENT PHŒBE

“Yes,” said his father. “You tried once, just once. You may have to try a hundred times before you catch one, but that is no reason why you should not try. Go for that Mosquito.”
…
All day long he darted and failed or darted and succeeded, and more and more often he caught the insect instead of missing him.

Clara Dillingham Pierson, Dooryard Stories (from Project Gutenberg)

Clara Pierson wrote a number of delightful children’s stories, many of which featured animals like Phoebes, a nesting bird. In this tale, Daddy Phoebe teaches Son Phoebe to catch his own insects instead of relying on his mother to do it for him.

Bit of a gender swap there, but the principle remains sound.

Three robins, not phoebes, but the picture from Pierson’s book, Dooryard Stories, is still adorable. Images of the original pages, including this image, are available through Internet Archive/American Libraries at http://archive.org/details/dooryardstories00pier