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Eeedgar!
The Elephant Who Exaggerated
Once, there was an elephant,
who, like his dear, old dad,
Exaggerated anything
and everything he had.
“I’ve got a trunk a mile wide!
And TEN miles long!” he’d say.
But others only laughed at him
then looked the other way.
The elephant’s name was Eeedgar,
(this spelt with 50 Es!)
Though just a little elephant,
he had a MIGHTY sneeze!
And a trunk as strong as 100 men!
(At least, that’s what I’m told.)
And if you think you’ve a decent heart,
well, his was SOLID GOLD!
For his THOUSAND lovely girlfriends,
he would spray a MILLION roses!
When others walked the mucky pools,
he’d part the seas like MOSES!
He’d lift a tree of a BILLION tonnes
and chuck it into SPACE!
And should he play at hide-and-seek,
he’d VANISH without a trace!
But one fine day, while in the sun,
(as hot as a TRILLION volcanoes),
His legs gave way; he tried to run,
but he got so scared, he froze!
For a tail, as long as a GAZILLION snakes,
whipped the air with a mighty crack!
So Eeedgar squealed for the others’ sakes,
but something squeaked right back!
“A mouse!” he cried toward the sky,
“a mouse... the size of a HOUSE!”
The others calmly walked on by.
“We’ve never seen such a mouse!
So stop this fuss!
There is nothing so big!
Nor fat! Nor wide! Nor tall!”
Then all of a sudden,
the mouse jumped out, and promptly DEVOURED them all!
The End.
Well...not really.
I guess I just...
Exaggerated!