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| 901. | The Chipmunk by Ogden Nash | | My friends all know that I am shy,
But the chipmunk is twice and shy and I.
He moves with flickering indecision
Like stripes across the television.... |
| 902. | The Clean Plater by Ogden Nash | | Some singers sing of ladies' eyes,
And some of ladies lips,
Refined ones praise their ladylike ways,
And course ones hymn their hips.
The Oxford B... |
| 903. | The Guppy by Ogden Nash | | Whales have calves,
Cats have kittens,
Bears have cubs,
Bats have bittens,
Swans have cygnets,
Seals have puppies,
But guppies just have l... |
| 904. | The Hippopotamus by Ogden Nash | | Behold the hippopotamus!
We laugh at how he looks to us,
And yet in moments dank and grim,
I wonder how we look to him.
Peace, peace, thou hippo... |
| 905. | The Octopus by Ogden Nash | | Tell me, O Octopus, I begs
Is those things arms, or is they legs?
I marvel at thee, Octopus;
If I were thou, I'd call me Us.... |
| 906. | The Parent by Ogden Nash | | Children aren't happy with nothing to ignore,
And that's what parents were created for. ... |
| 907. | The People Upstairs by Ogden Nash | | The people upstairs all practise ballet
Their living room is a bowling alley
Their bedroom is full of conducted tours.
Their radio is louder than y... |
| 908. | The Perfect Husband by Ogden Nash | | He tells you when you've got on
too much lipstick
And helps you with your girdle
when your hips stick.
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| 909. | The Porcupine by Ogden Nash | | Any hound a porcupine nudges
Can't be blamed for harboring grudges.
I know one hound that laughed all winter
At a porcupine that sat on a splinter... |
| 910. | The Praying Mantis by Ogden Nash | | From whence arrived the praying mantis?
From outer space, or lost Atlantis?
glimpse the grin, green metal mug
at masks the pseudo-saintly bug,
Ort... |
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