Beastly Wit
A Child's Bestiary by John Gardner drawings by Lucy, Joel, Joan and John Gardner.
Three of my favourites:
The PenguinIndeed the illustration for this beast is laid out so that the crab is grabbing this short single line verse or admonition.
The Penguin is often compared, wrongly,
To a gentleman in a tuxedo.
The Penguin is all good taste and charm,
The Man, all drunken libido.
The Lizard
The Lizard is a timid thing
That cannot dance or fly or sing;
He hunts for bugs beneath the floor
And longs to be a dinosaur.
The Crab
Never grab a Crab.
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And so for day 1707
16.08.2011