This is the Wiggledywasticus,
Very remarkable beast.
Nose to tail an eighth of a mile;
Took him an acre or two to smile;
Took him a quarter 'f an hour to wink;
Swallowed a pond for his morning drink
Oh! would it had been vouchsafed to us
Upon the Wiggledywasticus
Our wondering eyes to feast!
This is the Ptoodlecumtumpsydyl,
Rather unusual bird.
Hand a mouth before and behind;
Ate whichever way he'd a mind;
Spoiled his digestion, so they say,
Pindled and dwindled quite away,
Or else he might have been living still,
The singular Ptoodlecumtumpsydyl.
A pity, upon my word!
This is the Ichthyosnortoryx,
Truly astonishing fish.
Used to snort in a terrible way;
Scared the lobsters to death, they say;
Had a nose like a tea-kettle spout;
Broke it snorting, and so died out.
Sad! if he had n't got into this fix,
We might have made of the 'Snortoryx
A very acceptable dish.
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lovely and cute for the classroom tale on all those dinasour stories that swell the minds of a kid.
a great entertaining tale you tell
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Haha I thought this poem to be rediculously funny. What an imagination this lady poet had. She must had many a children laughing back in the day, I know she had me laughing. Avril
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So this is how some of the Dinosaurs died out! This lady must have been a huge hit with children in her day.
Yet another one for the classroom.
Vonnie~~
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