Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 379
H is for Hippopotamus. If you desire a pet,He is, it really seems to us, The best that you can get.Train him to follow at your heels Wheneer you walk abroad,And note with what delighted squeals The lookers-on applaud! … J stands for Jay. This little fellow Is blue. Sometimes I thinkI d like him better were he yellow, Or even reddish pink.I know, of course, it is absurdTo mind the color of a bird;And, now I think of it, I ve seenSome Jays that were exceeding green.
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