WHO’S WHO IN THE ZOO?
By Carolyn Wells.
A is for the Antelope,
A beast that I have never met;
They say he jumps the skipping-rope
And makes a charming household pet.
Well, as to that I cannot say;
But A is for him, anyway.
B stands for Bajjerkeit; maybe
You’ve never chanced this beast to see;
So I’ll describe him to you. Well,
There isn’t very much to tell.
One day I idly chanced to look
Within a Natural History book,
And there I saw his funny name,
And thought I’d hand him down to fame.
C is for Codfish. He must be
The saltest fish that swims the sea.
And, oh!
He has a secret woe!
You see, he thinks it’s all his fault
The ocean is so very salt!
And so,
In hopeless grief and woe,
The Codfish has, for many years,
Shed quarts of salty, briny tears!
And, oh!
His tears still flow—
So great his grief and woe!