The Elephant's New Shoes

There is an elephant in the Nairobi Zoo
Who loves nothing more than to examine a shoe.
A loafer, a sneaker, or a pair of high heels,
It's hard to imagine what that elephant feels.

How she got her first shoe is still not very clear,
But soon bare-footed visitors left their shoes near.
She gathered, studied, sorted and stacked them in piles,
Until she was an expert in all the shoe styles.

She sketches her designs in the mud with great passion
And now they have become the height of high fashion.
But although she is a jumbo Egyptian hit,
She just cannot create one that her own foot will fit.