I saw it with my own eyes.”

“It had a head, and a neck that came down and went up like a hook,” said the stork, “a big hook.”

“Oh!” said the chicks and the ducklings and the little turkeys.

“I know what I tell,

I know what I tell,”

Shrieked the stork,

“I know it well, very well,

I saw it with my own eyes.”

“It had a hump on its back,” said the stork, “a hump or two.”