How to Tell a Tiger
by John Ciardi
People who know tigers Very very well
All agree that tigers Are not hard to tell.
The way to tell a tiger is With lots of room to spare. Don’t try telling
them up close Or we may not find you there
I Asked My Mother
author unknown
I asked my mother for fifty cents To see the elephant jump the fence.
He jumped so high that he touched the sky And never came back till the
Fourth of July.
The Ostrich Is a Silly Bird
by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
The ostrich is a silly bird
With scarcely any mind.
He often runs so very fast, He leaves himself behind.
And when he gets there, has to stand And hang about til night,
Without a blessed thing to do Until he comes in sight.
