Dr. Do-Diddily and the Dee-Dot's
THE GIRAFFE
If you want a good laugh
Just draw a Giraffe.
The height of the beast
Must be five yards at least;
A face like a goat,
A snake's neck and throat,
Four legs tall as trees
With knobbledy knees,
And a tail with a tuft at the end, if you please.
You must dress him in check
From his feet to his neck,
And two little horns
Should be perched, like a faun's,
On the very tip top
Where he comes to a stop.
And your Aunts, when they look
At this page in your book,
Will sniff and say: "How
Is it, dear that by now
You still draw so badly? Just look at this cow!"
But some, with more kindness,
Will say, in their blindness,
"This unshapely mammal
Is meant for a camel."
While another will swear
It's a new kind of bear.
And that's where you laugh
And you say: "On behalf
Of my ungainly friend
Whose picture I've penned
I ought to explain
That it isn't a crane,
A cat or a cobra, a cow or a calf,
My dear Aunt (or Uncle),
It's just a Giraffe."
This wonderful little rhyme was written by
Hugh Chesterman, and it is still as funny today,
As it was when Diddily was a little one.
Dr. Do-Diddily has a great game to play,
maybe Dee and Dot will play with you.
There is a lovely little game to play and it is easy to get ready
you will need;
A piece of paper, (A4)
A pencil and some coloured pencils or crayons
then draw a squiggily line somewhere on your paper.
Not too small because we then pass our piece of paper to your friend(s)
Now each of you have to make an animal out of the squiggle.
Then when complete and coloured in,
blu tac them onto a door and ask mum or dad etc. to chose the best one.
Not just for the strange animal, but for the name you've given it.
