Selections From I Am! Said The Lamb

The Donkey I had a Donkey, that was all right, But he always wanted to fly my Kite; Every time I let him, the String would bust. Your Donkey is better behaved, I trust. The Ceiling Suppose the Ceiling went Outside And then caught Cold and Up and Died? The only Thing we’d have for Proof That he was Gone, would be the Roof; I think it would be Most Revealing To find out how the Ceiling’s Feeling. The Chair A funny thing about a Chair: You hardly ever think it’s there. To know a Chair is really it, You sometimes have to go and sit. The Hippo A Head or Tail—which does he lack? I think his Forward’s coming back! He lives on Carrots, Leeks and Hay; He starts to yawn—it takes All Day— Some time I think I’ll live that way. The Lizard The Time to Tickle a Lizard, Is Before, or Right After, a Blizzard. Now the place to begin Is just under his Chin,— And here’s more Advice: Don’t Poke more than Twice At an Intimate Place like his Gizzard.