Poem by William Makepeace Thackeray

At the Zoo

First I saw the white bear, then I saw the black;
Then I saw the camel with a hump upon his back;
Then I saw the grey wolf, with mutton in his maw;
Then I saw the wombat waddle in the straw;
Then I saw the elephant a-waving of his trunk;
Then I saw the monkeys—mercy, how unpleasantly they smelt! 

1. The Garret
2. Damages, Two Hundred Pounds
3. Dear Jack
4. Mr. Molony’s Account of the Ball
5. Abd-El-Kader at Toulon or, The Caged Hawk

Alan Milne At the Zoo ("There are lions and roaring tigers")

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