At a camp I’m built with care. Upon command I’m heard. Behind a desk I need but one unwelcome little word.

I am very strong and grow fast, even concrete won't last. I am used in a lot of different things, from clothes to food and maybe even rings. Bamm is scared of me but some bears love me.

I stand in a row with my sharp-pointed crown, A forest reborn to defend a whole town. No stone was I quarried, no forge made me grand, Yet shoulder-to-shoulder with brothers I stand. I keep out the foe and protect what is dear, A wooden fortress before walls appear.

I work beside the sink each day, helping wash the dirt away. Yet every task comes with a cost, for part of me is always lost.

I'm responsible for saving birds and mammals from cats, Reducing hunting success up to fifty percent at that! I hang round their neck, on collar and string, And when the cat pounces, that's when I do my thing!