THE PINK GIRAFFE
Sunrise silently sets the horizon on fire. There is a wild cry –
“A pink giraffe!” the cherry cheetah charges. No one has ever seen a pink giraffe before. He is the first. Oh, my!...
The cherry cheetah charges over to the carrot cuckoo cawing, and he cries, “A pink giraffe!”
“A pink giraffe?” says the carrot cuckoo cawing.
“Hurry!” the cherry cheetah charges, “We must tell everyone!”
The carrot cuckoo cawing agrees, Caw! Caw!
So, the cherry cheetah charges with the carrot cuckoo cawing over to -- the lemon leopard leering.
“A pink giraffe!” they cry out.
“A pink giraffe?” says the lemon leopard leering.
“Hurry!” they shout, “We must tell everyone!”
The lemon leopard leering agrees -- Grrrr...
So, the cherry cheetah charges with the carrot cuckoo cawing and the lemon leopard leering over to -- a limey lizard lisping.
“A pink giraffe!” they cry out.
“A pink giraffe?” says the limey lizard lisping.
“Hurry!” they shout, “We must tell everyone!”
The limey lizard lisping agrees – yate! yate!...
So, the cherry cheetah charges with the carrot cuckoo cawing and the lemon leopard leering and the limey lizard lisping over to
-- a blueberry bison barking.
“A pink giraffe!” they cry out.
“A pink giraffe?” says the berry bison barking.
“Hurry!” they shout, “We must tell everyone!”
The berry bison barking agrees – Ho! Ho!...
So, the cherry cheetah charges with the carrot cuckoo cawing and the lemon leopard leering and the limey lizard lisping and the berry bison barking over to --- a purple parrot pleading to know what’s happening.
“A pink giraffe!” they cry out.
“A pink giraffe?” says the purple parrot pleading.
“Hurry!” they shout, “We must tell everyone!”
The purple parrot pleading agrees – Li! Li!...
So, the cherry cheetah charges with the carrot cuckoo cawing and the lemon leopard leering and the limey lizard lisping and the berry bison barking and the purple parrot pleading over to -- a brownie buzzard banging on bones.
“A pink giraffe!” they cry out.
“A pink giraffe?” says the brownie buzzard banging.
“Hurry!” they shout, “We must tell everyone!”
The brownie buzzard banging agrees – Crr! Crr!...
So, the cherry cheetah charges with the carrot cuckoo cawing and the lemon leopard leering and the limey lizard lisping and the berry bison barking and the purple parrot pleading and the brownie buzzard banging over to – a fruiti-cooty snooty-gazooti.
“A pink giraffe!” they cry out.
“A pink giraffe?” says the fruiti-cooty snooty-gazooti.
“Hurry!” they shout, “We must tell everyone!”
The fruiti-cooty snooty-gazooti agrees – Ap! Ap!...
So, the cherry cheetah charges
with the carrot cuckoo cawing
and the lemon leopard leering
and the limey lizard lisping
and the berry bison barking
and the purple parrot pleading
and the brownie buzzard banging
and the fruiti-cooty snooty-gazooti going crazooty–
Right there!
By The Lake!
Oh my! Caw! Grrr! Yate! Ho! Li! Crr! Ap!!!!
A GIANT JUMBO PINK GIRAFFE!!
The cherry cheetah charging stops!
The carrot cuckoo cawing stops!
The lemon leopard leering stops!
The limey lizard lisping stops!
The berry bison barking stops!
The purple parrot pleading stops!
The brownie buzzard banging stops!
The fruiti-cooty snooty-gazooti stops!
The wild noisy animals watch helplessly as the pink giraffe disappears suddenly.
Sure, there is a big giraffe standing by the lake. When the sun rose the sky turned very rosey, and so had the very tall giraffe.
But now as the sun shines higher and the sky clears and the daylight appears, the pink giraffe returns to his natural coat of caramel and vanilla puzzle fur.
The sweet giraffe looks down at the crazy creatures and yawns, “Not again?” he says.
The same thing, every day…
The disappointed critters turn around and go back their own ways away.
“Wait until tomorrow” is all they can say.
"The Pink Giraffe" story from "TailTales" © 2000 by John Kirkmire, © 2017 Kirkworkshop. All rights reserved.
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Sunrise silently sets the horizon on fire. There is a wild cry –
“A pink giraffe!” the cherry cheetah charges. No one has ever seen a pink giraffe before. He is the first. Oh, my!...
The cherry cheetah charges over to the carrot cuckoo cawing, and he cries, “A pink giraffe!”
“A pink giraffe?” says the carrot cuckoo cawing.
“Hurry!” the cherry cheetah charges, “We must tell everyone!”
The carrot cuckoo cawing agrees, Caw! Caw!
So, the cherry cheetah charges with the carrot cuckoo cawing over to -- the lemon leopard leering.
“A pink giraffe!” they cry out.
“A pink giraffe?” says the lemon leopard leering.
“Hurry!” they shout, “We must tell everyone!”
The lemon leopard leering agrees -- Grrrr...
So, the cherry cheetah charges with the carrot cuckoo cawing and the lemon leopard leering over to -- a limey lizard lisping.
“A pink giraffe!” they cry out.
“A pink giraffe?” says the limey lizard lisping.
“Hurry!” they shout, “We must tell everyone!”
The limey lizard lisping agrees – yate! yate!...
So, the cherry cheetah charges with the carrot cuckoo cawing and the lemon leopard leering and the limey lizard lisping over to
-- a blueberry bison barking.
“A pink giraffe!” they cry out.
“A pink giraffe?” says the berry bison barking.
“Hurry!” they shout, “We must tell everyone!”
The berry bison barking agrees – Ho! Ho!...
So, the cherry cheetah charges with the carrot cuckoo cawing and the lemon leopard leering and the limey lizard lisping and the berry bison barking over to --- a purple parrot pleading to know what’s happening.
“A pink giraffe!” they cry out.
“A pink giraffe?” says the purple parrot pleading.
“Hurry!” they shout, “We must tell everyone!”
The purple parrot pleading agrees – Li! Li!...
So, the cherry cheetah charges with the carrot cuckoo cawing and the lemon leopard leering and the limey lizard lisping and the berry bison barking and the purple parrot pleading over to -- a brownie buzzard banging on bones.
“A pink giraffe!” they cry out.
“A pink giraffe?” says the brownie buzzard banging.
“Hurry!” they shout, “We must tell everyone!”
The brownie buzzard banging agrees – Crr! Crr!...
So, the cherry cheetah charges with the carrot cuckoo cawing and the lemon leopard leering and the limey lizard lisping and the berry bison barking and the purple parrot pleading and the brownie buzzard banging over to – a fruiti-cooty snooty-gazooti.
“A pink giraffe!” they cry out.
“A pink giraffe?” says the fruiti-cooty snooty-gazooti.
“Hurry!” they shout, “We must tell everyone!”
The fruiti-cooty snooty-gazooti agrees – Ap! Ap!...
So, the cherry cheetah charges
with the carrot cuckoo cawing
and the lemon leopard leering
and the limey lizard lisping
and the berry bison barking
and the purple parrot pleading
and the brownie buzzard banging
and the fruiti-cooty snooty-gazooti going crazooty–
Right there!
By The Lake!
Oh my! Caw! Grrr! Yate! Ho! Li! Crr! Ap!!!!
A GIANT JUMBO PINK GIRAFFE!!
The cherry cheetah charging stops!
The carrot cuckoo cawing stops!
The lemon leopard leering stops!
The limey lizard lisping stops!
The berry bison barking stops!
The purple parrot pleading stops!
The brownie buzzard banging stops!
The fruiti-cooty snooty-gazooti stops!
The wild noisy animals watch helplessly as the pink giraffe disappears suddenly.
Sure, there is a big giraffe standing by the lake. When the sun rose the sky turned very rosey, and so had the very tall giraffe.
But now as the sun shines higher and the sky clears and the daylight appears, the pink giraffe returns to his natural coat of caramel and vanilla puzzle fur.
The sweet giraffe looks down at the crazy creatures and yawns, “Not again?” he says.
The same thing, every day…
The disappointed critters turn around and go back their own ways away.
“Wait until tomorrow” is all they can say.
"The Pink Giraffe" story from "TailTales" © 2000 by John Kirkmire, © 2017 Kirkworkshop. All rights reserved.
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