Grandpa Pencil's
Little Rhymes

An elephant or pachyderm
Is bigger than a household germ
But smaller than a mountain range
A fact I find extremely strange
As it climbs the garden wall
Is an earthworm long or tall ?

I find it really hard to figure What is big and which is bigger Words so very often used But still today I am confused My cat is bigger than a mouse Yet both fit easy in my house Now please don't make an awful fuss As none of this relates to us I'm here today to talk to you About the Municipal Zoo And when an elephant named Kyle Went missing for a little while

Kyle, hoping that he not be seen Found some paint in pretty green And covered up from nose to knee Until he looked just like a pea Then hoping he would look much thinner Hid in Byron Pencil's dinner Though Byron knows it should be chewed He always gobbles down his food And when he finished off his plate He found, alas, It was too late. Now he has a belly ache.

© Robin A. Cartledge 2001

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