A Was An Elegant Ape Who Tied Up His Ears With Red Tape, And Wore A Long Veil Half Revealing His Tail Which Was Trimmed With Jet Bugles And Crape. B Was A Boastful Old Bear Who Used To Say, - "Hoomh! I Declare I Can Eat - If You'll Get Me The Children, And Let Me - Ten Babies, Teeth, Toenails And Hair!" C Was A Codfish Who Sighed When Snatched From The Home Of His Pride, But Could He, Embrined, Guess This Fragrance Behind, How Glad He Would Be That He Died! D Was A Dandified Dog Who Said, - "Though It's Raining Like Fog I Wear No Umbrellah, Me Boy, For A Fellah Might Just As Well Travel Incog!" E Was An Elderly Eel Who Would Say, - "Well, I Really Feel - As My Grandchildren Wriggle And Shout 'I Should Giggle' - A Trifle Run Down At The Heel!" F Was A Fowl Who Conceded Some Hens Might Hatch More Eggs Than She Did, - But She'd Children As Plenty As Eighteen Or Twenty, And That Was Quite All That She Needed. G Was A Gluttonous Goat Who, Dining One Day, Table-D'Hote, Ordered Soup-Bone, Au Fait, And Fish, Papier-Mache, And A Filet Of Spring Overcoat. H Was A High-Cultured Hound Who Could Clear Forty Feet At A Bound, And A Coon Once Averred That His Howl Could Be Heard For Five Miles And Three-Quarters Around. I Was An Ibex Ambitious To Dive Over Chasms Auspicious; He Would Leap Down A Peak And Not Light For A Week, And Swear That The Jump Was Delicious. J Was A Jackass Who Said He Had Such A Bad Cold In His Head, If It Wasn't For Leaving The Rest Of Us Grieving, he'd Really Rather Be Dead. K Was A Profligate Kite Who Would Haunt The Saloons Every Night; And Often He Ust To Reel Back To His Roost Too Full To Set Up On It Right. L Was A Wary Old Lynx Who Would Say, - "Do You Know Wot I Thinks? - I Thinks Ef You Happen To Ketch Me A-Nappin' I'm Ready To Set Up The Drinks!" M Was A Merry Old Mole, Who Would Snooze All The Day In His Hole, Then - All Night, A-Rootin' Around And Galootin' - he'd Sing "Johnny, Fill Up The Bowl!" N Was A Caustical Nautilus Who Sneered, "I Suppose, When They've Caught All Us, Like Oysters They'll Serve Us, And Can Us, Preserve Us, And Barrel, And Pickle, And Bottle Us!" O Was An Autocrat Owl - Such A Wise - Such A Wonderful Fowl! Why, For All The Night Through He Would Hoot And Hoo-Hoo, And Hoot And Hoo-Hooter And Howl! P Was A Pelican Pet, Who Gobbled Up All He Could Get; He Could Eat On Until He Was Full To The Bill, And There He Had Lodgings To Let! Q Was A Querulous Quail, Who Said: "It Will Little Avail The Efforts Of Those Of My Foes Who Propose To Attempt To Put Salt On My Tail!" R Was A Ring-Tailed Raccoon, With Eyes Of The Tinge Of The Moon, And His Nose A Blue-Black, And The Fur On His Back A Sad Sort Of Sallow Maroon. S Is A Sculpin - You'll Wish Very Much To Have One On Your Dish, Since All His Bones Grow On The Outside, And So He's A Very Desirable Fish. T Was A Turtle, Of Wealth, Who Went Round With Particular Stealth, - "Why," Said He, "I'm Afraid Of Being Waylaid When I Even Walk Out For My Health!" U Was A Unicorn Curious, With One Horn, Of A Growth So Luxurious, He Could Level And Stab It - If You Didn't Grab It - Clean Through You, He Was So Blamed Furious! V Was A Vagabond Vulture Who Said: "I Don't Want To Insult Yer, But When You Intrude Where In Lone Solitude I'm A-Preyin', You're No Man O' Culture!" W Was A Wild Woodchuck, And You Can Just Bet That He Could "Chuck" he'd Eat Raw Potatoes, Green Corn, And Tomatoes, And Tree Roots, And Call It All "Good Chuck!" X Was A Kind Of X-Cuse Of A Some-Sort-O'-Thing That Got Loose Before We Could Name It, And Cage It, And Tame It, And Bring It In General Use. Y Is The Yellowbird, - Bright As A Petrified Lump Of Star-Light, Or A Handful Of Lightning- Bugs, Squeezed In The Tight'Ning Pink Fist Of A Boy, At Night. Z Is The Zebra, Of Course! - A Kind Of A Clown-Of-A-Horse, - Each Other Despising, Yet Neither Devising A Way To Obtain A Divorce! & Here Is The Famous - What-Is-It? Walk Up, Master Billy, And Quiz It: You've Seen The Rest Of 'Em - Ain'T This The Best Of 'Em, Right At The End Of Your Visit?