Author(s): Charles Fuge

Early Childhood

These are my friends
I know them, you see.
I know them quite well...
because they live with me
Have you had tea with a rhino, and mud fights with a pig? Kept in shape with an ape as you danced to a tape? Do you know a dragon, so scaly and red? And, would you look after him when he's sick in bed? Meet a little girl and her charming animals as they play all day. She spins round with her hippo, blows bubbles in the bath with giraffe, picnics on brown bread and honey with her bear when it's sunny. And, did you ever meet a leopard in top hat and tail? He's simply the best, as anyone can see It's the most delightful menagerie imaginable, and the sweetest story-with a little twist at the end