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RATHER STRANGE
I often wish I could have been
A Squirrel in a home of green,
And kept a Bank of nuts, and run
Along a bough to teach my son
The art of using as a sail,
And balancing, his new-born tail.
A Squirrel in a home of green,
And kept a Bank of nuts, and run
Along a bough to teach my son
The art of using as a sail,
And balancing, his new-born tail.
I shouldn't like, upon the whole,
To be a subterranean Mole
And work extremely hard to found
A little London underground,
With Blackham Place, and Lightless Square,
And Tubes containing stuffy air.
To be a subterranean Mole
And work extremely hard to found
A little London underground,
With Blackham Place, and Lightless Square,
And Tubes containing stuffy air.
But frequently I want to be
An equatorial Chimpanzee
At home among the forest fruit,
Attired in such a shaggy suit
As Esau, who was fond of hair,
Was never privileged to wear.
An equatorial Chimpanzee
At home among the forest fruit,
Attired in such a shaggy suit
As Esau, who was fond of hair,
Was never privileged to wear.
Of course I never wish to make
A change to Thirty Feet of Snake,
And hang with loops of death in trees,
In wicked readiness to squeeze
Their life and love and simple hopes
From unsuspecting Antelopes!
A change to Thirty Feet of Snake,
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In wicked readiness to squeeze
Their life and love and simple hopes
From unsuspecting Antelopes!
It's rather strange that when a Niece
And Nephew come to break my peace
I never fret to wear the shape
Of Squirrel, Albatross, or Ape,
But merely want to have my joy
As half a Girl and half a Boy.
And Nephew come to break my peace
I never fret to wear the shape
Of Squirrel, Albatross, or Ape,
But merely want to have my joy
As half a Girl and half a Boy.
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