The Giraffe
Language: English 
You thin giraffe, if I were you, 
I'd have a hard time. I 'spec'; 
For nursie would make a great to-do 
A-washin' my face and neck
But when the jam and the cookie-jar
Are hid on the highest shelf.
I wisht I was as tall as you creatures are
Instead of my tiny self.

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Research team for this page: Grant Hicks [Guest Editor] , Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2025-06-28
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Word count: 54