The Cross-Jungle Bus

The Cross-Jungle Bus

(08/10/1969, editted)

The monkey and the giraffe got on the cross-jungle bus;

Giraffe sat upfront, Monkey back by Hippopotamus.

Said Monkey to Hippo, “Might you move the slightest bit,

You're so wide and big, seems to me, I have no place to sit.”

Hippo replied, “Certainly,” and he tried to move a mite,

But off went Monkey headfirst when Hippo slid left, not right.

“My head is lodged in your footprint; please lend me a hand,”

“Certainly,” but reaching, Hippo fell, body along with hand.

Alas, poor Monkey laid underneath, flat as a platter.

The noise brought Giraffe asking, “What's the matter?”

Monkey squeaked, “I'd ask him off before he starts napping,

But I fear to ask another favor. Imagine what might happen?”