A bear, a dog, a cub, a pup,
an eagle and a bat,
were playing tennis in a cup
inside a floppy hat
an elephant whose name was Dale
had balanced on his head
while spinning on a pointy tail
of which his mother said
there was no cuter tail, bar none,
at least upon the earth,
and yet, when all is said and done,
what's mom's opinion worth?
But I digress. One night a song
that had no words or tune
decided Dale and friends were wrong
about the crescent moon
and so it shed its silent note
and filled the eager air.
Now Dale is standing on a boat
and mooning for a chair.
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