Nailed (Achievement #73 = 4 points + 4 points)

The toenail to the fingernail said,

"You have it really good, I must say,

Never through mucky mud made to tread,

Or puddles wade on a rainy day.

Neatly filed and with colourful paint,

Holding flowers fragrant and pleasant,

Spooning delicacies trite and quaint,

And opening many a present."

The fingernail thought, then did reply,

"You think that I have a better deal,

I run through dirt, catch many a fly,

with ice, burn dipped in a hot meal.

Food and drink, dirt and dust, to me cling,

Struck by a hammer, bitten at will,

While you in dewy grass have a fling,

I would be stained by messy ink spill."

The toenail had nothing more to tell,

It should be happy and cease to whine;

The fingernail grasped that all was well,

For it learned it had something fine.