
		Effervescing Elephant

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		An effervescing elephant with tiny eyes and great big trunk
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		once whispered to the tiny ear, the ear of one in fear, you hear
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		that by next June he'd die, Oh yeah!
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		And the tiger would roam, the little one said,
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		"Oh my goodness -- I must stay at home!
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		And every time I hear a growl, I'll know the tiger's on the prowl,
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		And I'll be really safe, you know, the elephant, he told me so."
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		Everyone was nervous, Oh yeah!
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		And the message was spread to zebra, mongoose and the dirty hippopotamus
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		who wallowed in the mud and chewed his spicy hippo-plankton food
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		and tended to ignore the word,
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		referring to a survey I heard of stupid water bison
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		Oh yeah!  And all the jungle took fright,
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		and ran around for all the day and the night,
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		But all in vain because, you see, the tiger came and said,
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		"Who me?  You know I wouldn't hurt not one of you --
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		I much prefer something to chew, and you're all too scant."
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		Oh yeah!  He ate the elephant.