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Ear Phones Recommended: I know you love to ride on horses so sleek and proud and fast against all odds I was your favourite but that’s way back in the past I know you love a polar bear like me … Continue reading

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Hey, You, Giraffe My Cloud

AnElephantCant begin to describe it One of Ma Nature’s strangest and most beautiful creations As tall as a house As quiet as a mouse AnElephant has no rational explanation She is possibly AnElephant’s favourite animal Her height helps her to … Continue reading

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The Phone-Billed Platypus

AnElephantCant be sure about anything Regarding this most bizarre of all nature’s creatures Odder than a golf-mad giraffe Or a heffelump who is daft He discusses the famously incomprehensible duck-billed platypus He knows that the plural is obviously platypuseresses And … Continue reading

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Ostricher or Poorer

AnElephantCant help wondering about ostriches You know the thing that he can’t understand When they feel in peril They don’t head for that there hill They stand still and stick their heads in the sand*  AnElephant knows some people who … Continue reading

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The Buffoon’s Balloon Lampoon

AnElephantCant emphasise just how much he loves Kids parties great songs with great tunes Ice cream and jelly To fill his big wobbly belly But what thrills him most are the beautiful balloons It is small wonder that children adore … Continue reading

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Whose Zoo of Hotties and Naughties

AnElephantCant really argue about it Most animals are prettier than he Zebras giraffes and hosses Even rhinoceroses And an annoyingly cute chimpanzee Folk like squirrels though they eat all the peanuts And young Bambis with their long wobbly legs And … Continue reading

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Love is a Many Splintered Thing

AnElephantCant help sometimes wondering About the sort of lady to whom he might be attracted Elegant and tall Or pretty but small It’s hard to tell because he is easily distracted He imagines her being dark and sultry With hair … Continue reading

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A Myth is as Good as a Smile

AnElephant Can fly over the rainbow He can take you jigging down by Brigadoon He puts his invisible cloak on Talks sense to a leprechaun And eats jam and green cheese from the moon He visits the North Pole to … Continue reading

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Animal Vegetable or Minstrel?

AnElephantCant always be serious Some animals just make him laugh A wee chunky donkey A wild funky monkey And there is nothing half as daft as a giraffe The kangaroo and alpaca amuse us Orang-utans have us holding our sides … Continue reading

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