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 Minaret Bells
2. The Rocks
3. Larry O’Toole
4. A Tragic Story
5. My Nora

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

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