Elephant Adventure



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ELEPHANT ADVENTURE

(A Poem for Little Children.)

Fanty the Elephant lived in the zoo,

But Fanty the Elephant would cry 'Boo Hoo!

There's a great big world outside the gate;

I want to see it! I just can't wait!'

One day the zoo gate was open wide

And Fanty the Elephant ran outside.

Nobody saw her going at all,

For Fanty the Elephant was only small.

Her great big Mother began to cry

'Fanty's run away and I don't know why!'

Before the Keepers could sound the alarm

She'd hidden herself on a nearby farm!

All day she wandered, feeling free,

And sometimes sleeping beneath a tree.

Then the sun went down and Fanty found

She missed having other animals around.

She felt so lonely, all alone,

She lay on the ground and gave a moan;

'I wish, I wish I'd stayed in the zoo!

That's what baby elephants ought to do!'

The stars were bright in the big black sky

When a little white dog came wandering by.

'Are you lost, baby elephant?' the little dog said

And Fanty sadly nodded her head.

'I'll lead you home. The zoo's next-door.

I'll hold your trunk in my little paw!'

Soon Fanty was home with her family.

So you see how useful a dog can be!

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THE GINGER NUT

Inside the head of a Gingerbread Man

There's not much room for a brain!

The heights of academia

He'll never quite attain!

And here is an example

Of exactly what I mean!

I found I was smiling to myself

At this silly little scene!

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