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 Almack’s Adieu
2. The King on the Tower
3. My Nora
4. Larry O’Toole
5. Peg of Limavaddy

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

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