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A Butterfly Lights Beside Us
A butterfly lights* beside us, like a sunbeam . . .
and for a brief moment it’s glory
and beauty belong to our world . . .
But then it flies on again and, although
we wish it could have stayed,
we are so thankful to have seen it at all.
By Author Unknown
*lights: comes to a rest or lands
A butterfly lights* beside us, like a sunbeam . . .
and for a brief moment it’s glory
and beauty belong to our world . . .
But then it flies on again and, although
we wish it could have stayed,
we are so thankful to have seen it at all.
By Author Unknown
*lights: comes to a rest or lands
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Franklin: Where do mice park their boats?
Lynette: At the hickory dickory dock.
Martin: What does a five-hundred pound mouse say?
Tina: “Here kitty, here kitty!”
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Hickory, dickory, dock,
Three mice ran up the clock.
The clock struck one . . . they called 911,
And the other two escaped with minor injuries.
-Author Unknown
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Mice Facts
- An adult male mouse is called a buck.
- An adult female mouse is called a doe.
- A young mouse is called a pinkie, a kitten, or a pup.
- The plural of mouse is mice.
- A group of mice is called a colony, a horde, a mischief, or a nest.
- The sounds made by mice are called squeaking and squealing.
- Mice in the wild typically live for anywhere from 2 months to 1 year.
- Mice in captivity can live for up to 2 and half years, but usually just 1 or 2 years.
- Mice belong to the group of animals called rodents, which also includes rats and raccoons.
Lottie: What does a mouse pilot say?
Otto: “This is your captain squeaking.”
A Mouse Under the Bed
There was a strange lady who said,
When she found a mouse under her bed,
“So near to the door,
And so close to the floor,
I’m afraid you’ll catch cold in the head!”
By Author Unknown
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Maxine: What kind of mouse does not eat, drink, or walk?
Francine: A computer mouse.
Mice are small rodents found worldwide in many types of environments, or habitats. Varieties of mice by habitat include the house mouse, the wood or forest mouse, and the Mickey Mouse, which lives in animated cartoons. These are types of mice known by their habitats, and are not species-specific, but can be any of many different species of mice living within a specific habitat.
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Mice have pointed snouts, large round hairless ears, black eyes, long facial whiskers, short legs, clawed feet, sharp teeth, and long thin nearly hairless tails. Mouse fur is short, and is often brown, gray, or white in color.
Charlene: What did the elephant say when the mouse stepped on his toe?
Charla: “Pick on somebody your own size!”
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Pamela: What is the difference between a mouse and a moose?
Amelia: About a ton.
“You are definitely the puniest, most insignificant thing I have ever laid eyes on,” said the elephant to the mouse. “Let me write that down,” the mouse replied. “There is a flea I want to tell it to.”
Mice range in size from 8 to 35 centimeters (3 to 14 inches) long, including the length of their tails. Their tails can grow to be as long as their bodies. Mice can weigh from 7 to 57 grams (0.25 to 2 ounces).
Bernice: What’s brown, has four legs, and weighs two pounds?
Bernard: A fat mouse.
“If you give a mouse a cookie, he’s going to ask for a glass of milk.” -Laura Joffe Numeroff: “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie” (1985)
House mice are believed to have originated long ago in Asia before making their way to Europe and then the rest of the world, accompanying human migration. The house mouse is a wild variety of mouse that often lives in fields and buildings near humans. They are especially fond of farms and food warehouses because they eat the grains and other crops that humans grow and store. A domesticated variety of the house mouse is commonly kept as a pet.
Meredith: How do you get a mouse to smile?
Merry: Say, “Cheese!”
Overheard: Are you a man or a mouse - squeak up!
If you are just barely squeaking by in life, chances are you might be a mouse.
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Lynette: At the hickory dickory dock.
Martin: What does a five-hundred pound mouse say?
Tina: “Here kitty, here kitty!”
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Hickory, dickory, dock,
Three mice ran up the clock.
The clock struck one . . . they called 911,
And the other two escaped with minor injuries.
-Author Unknown
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Mice Facts
- An adult male mouse is called a buck.
- An adult female mouse is called a doe.
- A young mouse is called a pinkie, a kitten, or a pup.
- The plural of mouse is mice.
- A group of mice is called a colony, a horde, a mischief, or a nest.
- The sounds made by mice are called squeaking and squealing.
- Mice in the wild typically live for anywhere from 2 months to 1 year.
- Mice in captivity can live for up to 2 and half years, but usually just 1 or 2 years.
- Mice belong to the group of animals called rodents, which also includes rats and raccoons.
Lottie: What does a mouse pilot say?
Otto: “This is your captain squeaking.”
A Mouse Under the Bed
There was a strange lady who said,
When she found a mouse under her bed,
“So near to the door,
And so close to the floor,
I’m afraid you’ll catch cold in the head!”
By Author Unknown
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Maxine: What kind of mouse does not eat, drink, or walk?
Francine: A computer mouse.
Mice are small rodents found worldwide in many types of environments, or habitats. Varieties of mice by habitat include the house mouse, the wood or forest mouse, and the Mickey Mouse, which lives in animated cartoons. These are types of mice known by their habitats, and are not species-specific, but can be any of many different species of mice living within a specific habitat.
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Mice have pointed snouts, large round hairless ears, black eyes, long facial whiskers, short legs, clawed feet, sharp teeth, and long thin nearly hairless tails. Mouse fur is short, and is often brown, gray, or white in color.
Charlene: What did the elephant say when the mouse stepped on his toe?
Charla: “Pick on somebody your own size!”
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Pamela: What is the difference between a mouse and a moose?
Amelia: About a ton.
“You are definitely the puniest, most insignificant thing I have ever laid eyes on,” said the elephant to the mouse. “Let me write that down,” the mouse replied. “There is a flea I want to tell it to.”
Mice range in size from 8 to 35 centimeters (3 to 14 inches) long, including the length of their tails. Their tails can grow to be as long as their bodies. Mice can weigh from 7 to 57 grams (0.25 to 2 ounces).
Bernice: What’s brown, has four legs, and weighs two pounds?
Bernard: A fat mouse.
“If you give a mouse a cookie, he’s going to ask for a glass of milk.” -Laura Joffe Numeroff: “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie” (1985)
House mice are believed to have originated long ago in Asia before making their way to Europe and then the rest of the world, accompanying human migration. The house mouse is a wild variety of mouse that often lives in fields and buildings near humans. They are especially fond of farms and food warehouses because they eat the grains and other crops that humans grow and store. A domesticated variety of the house mouse is commonly kept as a pet.
Meredith: How do you get a mouse to smile?
Merry: Say, “Cheese!”
Overheard: Are you a man or a mouse - squeak up!
If you are just barely squeaking by in life, chances are you might be a mouse.
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Peek-a-boo-mouse, we see you!
Elijah: What is a mouse’s favorite game?
Eliza: Hide and Squeak.
I think if she lived in
A little shoe-house -
That little old woman was
Surely a mouse!
-Beatrix Potter: “The Old Woman” (referring to the nursery rhyme “The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe”)
Moo Shoe
There once was a young mouse named Moo,
Who moved to a beat up old shoe.
“It’s cozy and warm,”
She said with some charm,
“And there is a nice lace to chew.”
By Author Unknown
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Rochelle: Two mice were out walking, and one mouse fell into a river. What did the other mouse do?
Rachael: It applied mouse-to-mouse resuscitation.
As is the case with all rodents, mice’s teeth grow continuously throughout their lives. They must gnaw on tough material to keep their teeth worn down to a usable length. Mice will chew on wood, plastic, the insulation of electrical wires, and the hulls (shells) of seeds and nuts.
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“If you build a better mousetrap, you’ll catch a better class of mouse.” -Solomon Short
Biff: How do you spell mousetrap with only three letters?
Buffy: C-a-t.
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Question: What is gray and has four legs and a trunk?
Answer: A mouse on vacation.
Elijah: What is a mouse’s favorite game?
Eliza: Hide and Squeak.
I think if she lived in
A little shoe-house -
That little old woman was
Surely a mouse!
-Beatrix Potter: “The Old Woman” (referring to the nursery rhyme “The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe”)
Moo Shoe
There once was a young mouse named Moo,
Who moved to a beat up old shoe.
“It’s cozy and warm,”
She said with some charm,
“And there is a nice lace to chew.”
By Author Unknown
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Rochelle: Two mice were out walking, and one mouse fell into a river. What did the other mouse do?
Rachael: It applied mouse-to-mouse resuscitation.
As is the case with all rodents, mice’s teeth grow continuously throughout their lives. They must gnaw on tough material to keep their teeth worn down to a usable length. Mice will chew on wood, plastic, the insulation of electrical wires, and the hulls (shells) of seeds and nuts.
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“If you build a better mousetrap, you’ll catch a better class of mouse.” -Solomon Short
Biff: How do you spell mousetrap with only three letters?
Buffy: C-a-t.
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Question: What is gray and has four legs and a trunk?
Answer: A mouse on vacation.
The City Mouse and the Garden Mouse
The city mouse lives in a house; -
The garden mouse lives in a bower*,
He’s friendly with the frogs and toads,
And sees the pretty plants in flower.
The city mouse eats bread and cheese; -
The garden mouse eats what he can;
We will not grudge him seeds and stalks,
Poor little timid furry man.
By Christina Rossetti (Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894))
*bower: a shady leafy shelter or recess in a woods or garden; an arbor
The city mouse lives in a house; -
The garden mouse lives in a bower*,
He’s friendly with the frogs and toads,
And sees the pretty plants in flower.
The city mouse eats bread and cheese; -
The garden mouse eats what he can;
We will not grudge him seeds and stalks,
Poor little timid furry man.
By Christina Rossetti (Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894))
*bower: a shady leafy shelter or recess in a woods or garden; an arbor
“The goal of science is to build better mousetraps. The goal of nature is to build better mice.” -Author Unknown
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The animals called ‘field mice’ are actually not mice at all, but are voles, a related member of the rodent family that resemble mice.
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The animals called ‘field mice’ are actually not mice at all, but are voles, a related member of the rodent family that resemble mice.
Just like birds, mice build nests for their young. Mice chew up grass, leaves, wood, paper, bark, cloth, plastic, and anything else they can get their teeth into, into little bits that they put together into a cozy little nest. Most mice build nests in protected nooks and crannies, but some burrow into the ground. When burrowing underground, mice build very complex homes with long entrances and many escape routes. They are very clean and tidy rodents, with burrows often having separate areas for storing food, sleeping, and other needs. They also build nests above ground in trees and in other plants. Mice have not yet figured out how to build nests in the clouds.
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Vincent: Why did the mouse hire a maid?
Millicent: She wanted her house to be squeaky-clean.
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“Consider the little mouse, how sagacious an animal it is which never entrusts its life to one hole only.” -Titus Maccius Plautus (also known simply as Plautus (254 B.C.E. - 184 B.C.E.)): “Truculentus,” Act IV, scene iv, line 15
The mouse that always trusts to one poor hole
Can never be a mouse of any soul.
-Alexander Pope: “Paraphrase of the Prologue,” line 298
“To a mouse a cat is a lion.” -Author Unknown: Albanian proverb as quoted in Herbert V. Prochnow and Herbert V. Prochnow, Junior, editors: “A Treasury of Humorous Quotations” (1969)
Mice eat 15 to 20 times a day, so they usually build their homes close to food sources, and often travel no more than about 8 meters (26.25 feet) from their burrows in search of food.
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Henry: How does a mouse feel after a bath?
Hermes: Squeaky clean!
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Mouse in a Hole
A little mouse hid in a hole
Hid softly in a little hole
When all was quiet -
As quiet as could be
Out popped he!
By Author Unknown
Many mice are nocturnal animals, meaning they are most active at night. They have poor eyesight but make up for it with their very good hearing, sense of smell, and whiskers. Mice use their whiskers to sense changes in temperature, measure the sizes of openings, and feel the surfaces they walk on. Mice are timid, social, and territorial. All mice can scurry along on the ground, but some can hop or jump.
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Myrna: What should you do if you wake up in the middle of the night and hear a mouse squeaking?
Marilyn: Oil it.
Hickory, Dickory, Dock
Three mice ran up the clock -
The clock struck one,
But the other two got a way!
By Author Unknown
Mice are omnivores, or animals that eat almost everything. They eat grain, seeds, grasses, fruits, roots, stems, worms, insects such as grasshoppers, and arachnids such as spiders and scorpions.
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Vincent: Why did the mouse hire a maid?
Millicent: She wanted her house to be squeaky-clean.
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“Consider the little mouse, how sagacious an animal it is which never entrusts its life to one hole only.” -Titus Maccius Plautus (also known simply as Plautus (254 B.C.E. - 184 B.C.E.)): “Truculentus,” Act IV, scene iv, line 15
The mouse that always trusts to one poor hole
Can never be a mouse of any soul.
-Alexander Pope: “Paraphrase of the Prologue,” line 298
“To a mouse a cat is a lion.” -Author Unknown: Albanian proverb as quoted in Herbert V. Prochnow and Herbert V. Prochnow, Junior, editors: “A Treasury of Humorous Quotations” (1969)
Mice eat 15 to 20 times a day, so they usually build their homes close to food sources, and often travel no more than about 8 meters (26.25 feet) from their burrows in search of food.
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Henry: How does a mouse feel after a bath?
Hermes: Squeaky clean!
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Mouse in a Hole
A little mouse hid in a hole
Hid softly in a little hole
When all was quiet -
As quiet as could be
Out popped he!
By Author Unknown
Many mice are nocturnal animals, meaning they are most active at night. They have poor eyesight but make up for it with their very good hearing, sense of smell, and whiskers. Mice use their whiskers to sense changes in temperature, measure the sizes of openings, and feel the surfaces they walk on. Mice are timid, social, and territorial. All mice can scurry along on the ground, but some can hop or jump.
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Myrna: What should you do if you wake up in the middle of the night and hear a mouse squeaking?
Marilyn: Oil it.
Hickory, Dickory, Dock
Three mice ran up the clock -
The clock struck one,
But the other two got a way!
By Author Unknown
Mice are omnivores, or animals that eat almost everything. They eat grain, seeds, grasses, fruits, roots, stems, worms, insects such as grasshoppers, and arachnids such as spiders and scorpions.
Mice are capable climbers and splendid swimmers. Most mice are very good jumpers. They can jump up to about 46 centimeters (18 inches) in the air.
Mice
I think mice
Are rather nice.
Their tails are long,
Their faces small,
They haven’t any
Chins at all.
Their ears are pink,
Their teeth are white
They run about
The house at night.
The nibble things
They shouldn’t touch
And no one seems
To like them much.
But I think mice
Are nice.
By Rose Fyleman (Rose Amy Fyleman (1877 - 1957))
I think mice
Are rather nice.
Their tails are long,
Their faces small,
They haven’t any
Chins at all.
Their ears are pink,
Their teeth are white
They run about
The house at night.
The nibble things
They shouldn’t touch
And no one seems
To like them much.
But I think mice
Are nice.
By Rose Fyleman (Rose Amy Fyleman (1877 - 1957))
Mice can feel temperature changes and alterations in ground terrain through their whiskers. What does this mean? Go ask your father. He’s supposed to know all about that ‘science’ stuff.
Shirley: What kind of shoes do mice wear?
Cheryl: Squeakers!
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Do mice like to eat cheese? Mice do not like cheese as much as might be commonly thought. In sixteenth-century Europe, cheese was a food found in most houses, even among the very poor, so always-hungry mice, nibbling on everything edible in sight, ate whatever they could find, including cheese, which led to a belief that mice like cheese. Mice do not have a special appetite for cheese, and will eat it only for lack of better options. They favor sweet, sugary foods, and as far as human foods go, mice are known to be partial to peanut butter. Isn’t that right, Squeaky?
Only the most foolish of mice would hide in a cat’s ear.
But only the wisest of cats would think to look there.
-Scott Love
The predators of mice, meaning animals that hunt, kill, and eat them, include cats, coyotes, foxes, hawks and other birds of prey, humans, owls, raccoons, skunks, snakes, weasels, and wild dogs.
Eli: How did the mouse get away from the owl?
Jed: He squeaked by.
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The Little Mouse
I have seen you, little mouse,
Running all about the house,
Through the hole your little eye,
In the wainscot peeping sly,
Hoping soon some crumbs to steal,
To make quite a hearty meal.
Look before you venture out,
See if kitty is about.
If she’s gone, you’ll quickly run,
To the larder for some fun;
Round about the dishes creep,
Taking into each a peep,
To choose the daintiest that’s there,
Spoiling things you do not care.
By Author Unknown
“‘My darling,’ she said at last, ‘are you sure you don’t mind being a mouse for the rest of your life?’ ‘I don’t mind at all,’ I said. ‘It doesn’t matter who you are or what you look like as long as somebody loves you.’” -Roald Dahl: “The Witches” (1983)
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Mice need the same things you do: food, shelter, and a place to sleep - and they can find all of these things in your house, unless you take measures to deny these things to mice.
Freda: How do you spell mouse?
Frederick: M-o-u-s-e.
Freda: Do you know what is on the end?
Frederick: The letter ‘e.’
Freda: No, a tail!
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Hickory, Dickory, Dock
Hickory, dickory, dock.
The mouse ran up the clock.
The clock struck one, the mouse ran down.
Hickory, dickory dock.
Hickory, dickory, dock.
The mouse ran up the clock.
The clock struck two, the mouse said, “Boo!”
Hickory, dickory dock.
Hickory, dickory, dock.
The mouse ran up the clock.
The clock struck three, the mouse said, “Wee!”
Hickory, dickory dock.
Hickory, dickory, dock.
The mouse ran up the clock.
The clock struck four, the mouse said, “No more!”
Hickory, dickory dock.
By Author Unknown
While communicating with each other, mice make ultrasonic as well as regular sounds. It is almost as if mice have their own secret code when they communicate in the ultrasonic range of sound, which humans cannot hear. What could they be saying?
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John: What goes dot, dot, dash, squeak?
Jonathan: Mouse code.
“Don’t make yourself a mouse or the cat will eat you.” -A. B. Cheales
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Do You Have What It Takes to Be a Mouse?
If you would like to be a mouse, you will need the following skills:
- Exceptional at scurrying.
- Fearless in climbing.
- Good at gnawing.
- Highly adept at hopping and jumping.
- Experienced at burrowing and nest-building.
- Quieter than a whisper.
Beth: Why did the mouse stay at home all day?
Jenny: Because it was raining cats and dogs outside!
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City Mouse: I just got back from the Moon!
Country Mouse: Tell me, what is the Moon like?
City Mouse: The Moon is a great big ball of cheese!
Country Mouse: Why did you come back to Earth?
City Mouse: To get some crackers!
Oh, what joy, to be a mouse! More fun follows just below . . . on MFOL!
Shirley: What kind of shoes do mice wear?
Cheryl: Squeakers!
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Do mice like to eat cheese? Mice do not like cheese as much as might be commonly thought. In sixteenth-century Europe, cheese was a food found in most houses, even among the very poor, so always-hungry mice, nibbling on everything edible in sight, ate whatever they could find, including cheese, which led to a belief that mice like cheese. Mice do not have a special appetite for cheese, and will eat it only for lack of better options. They favor sweet, sugary foods, and as far as human foods go, mice are known to be partial to peanut butter. Isn’t that right, Squeaky?
Only the most foolish of mice would hide in a cat’s ear.
But only the wisest of cats would think to look there.
-Scott Love
The predators of mice, meaning animals that hunt, kill, and eat them, include cats, coyotes, foxes, hawks and other birds of prey, humans, owls, raccoons, skunks, snakes, weasels, and wild dogs.
Eli: How did the mouse get away from the owl?
Jed: He squeaked by.
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The Little Mouse
I have seen you, little mouse,
Running all about the house,
Through the hole your little eye,
In the wainscot peeping sly,
Hoping soon some crumbs to steal,
To make quite a hearty meal.
Look before you venture out,
See if kitty is about.
If she’s gone, you’ll quickly run,
To the larder for some fun;
Round about the dishes creep,
Taking into each a peep,
To choose the daintiest that’s there,
Spoiling things you do not care.
By Author Unknown
“‘My darling,’ she said at last, ‘are you sure you don’t mind being a mouse for the rest of your life?’ ‘I don’t mind at all,’ I said. ‘It doesn’t matter who you are or what you look like as long as somebody loves you.’” -Roald Dahl: “The Witches” (1983)
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Mice need the same things you do: food, shelter, and a place to sleep - and they can find all of these things in your house, unless you take measures to deny these things to mice.
Freda: How do you spell mouse?
Frederick: M-o-u-s-e.
Freda: Do you know what is on the end?
Frederick: The letter ‘e.’
Freda: No, a tail!
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Hickory, Dickory, Dock
Hickory, dickory, dock.
The mouse ran up the clock.
The clock struck one, the mouse ran down.
Hickory, dickory dock.
Hickory, dickory, dock.
The mouse ran up the clock.
The clock struck two, the mouse said, “Boo!”
Hickory, dickory dock.
Hickory, dickory, dock.
The mouse ran up the clock.
The clock struck three, the mouse said, “Wee!”
Hickory, dickory dock.
Hickory, dickory, dock.
The mouse ran up the clock.
The clock struck four, the mouse said, “No more!”
Hickory, dickory dock.
By Author Unknown
While communicating with each other, mice make ultrasonic as well as regular sounds. It is almost as if mice have their own secret code when they communicate in the ultrasonic range of sound, which humans cannot hear. What could they be saying?
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John: What goes dot, dot, dash, squeak?
Jonathan: Mouse code.
“Don’t make yourself a mouse or the cat will eat you.” -A. B. Cheales
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Do You Have What It Takes to Be a Mouse?
If you would like to be a mouse, you will need the following skills:
- Exceptional at scurrying.
- Fearless in climbing.
- Good at gnawing.
- Highly adept at hopping and jumping.
- Experienced at burrowing and nest-building.
- Quieter than a whisper.
Beth: Why did the mouse stay at home all day?
Jenny: Because it was raining cats and dogs outside!
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City Mouse: I just got back from the Moon!
Country Mouse: Tell me, what is the Moon like?
City Mouse: The Moon is a great big ball of cheese!
Country Mouse: Why did you come back to Earth?
City Mouse: To get some crackers!
Oh, what joy, to be a mouse! More fun follows just below . . . on MFOL!
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Peter Penguin
Peter Penguin,
Marching by,
Toes turned out,
Head held high.
Long black coat,
Clean white vest,
Peter Penguin,
You’re the best!
By Author Unknown
Peter Penguin,
Marching by,
Toes turned out,
Head held high.
Long black coat,
Clean white vest,
Peter Penguin,
You’re the best!
By Author Unknown
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William: What is gray and tons of fun?
Katherine: An elephant!
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The Elephant
The elephant is quite a beast,
He’s rather large to say the least,
And though his size is quite impressive,
The elephant is not aggressive,
He never throws his weight around,
Still he always holds his ground.
He only wants to feel secure.
Long may the elephant endure!
By Arnold Sundgaard (Arnold Olaf Sundgaard (1909 - 2006))
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Minerva: What is big and gray and goes, “Bubble-bubble-ka-boom!”
Minnie: An elephant experimenting with a chemistry set.
Elephants can run faster than humans!
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A tail behind, a trunk in front,
Complete the usual elephant.
The tail in front the trunk behind,
Is what you very seldom find.
-A. E. Housman: as quoted in Herbert V. Prochnow and Herbert V. Prochnow, Junior, editors: “A Treasury of Humorous Quotations” (1969)
Elephants Facts
- An adult male elephant is called a bull.
- An adult female elephant is called a cow.
- A young elephant is called a calf.
- The plural of elephant is elephants.
- A group of elephants is called a herd, or imaginatively, a memory.
- A group of elephants walking in single-file is called a parade.
- The sound made by elephants is called trumpeting.
- Elephants are the largest land animals on Earth.
- Elephants are herbivores, or plants-eaters.
Question: What goes thump, thump, squish thump, thump, squish?
Answer: An elephant with one wet shoe.
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Elephants belong to the family of animals known as pachyderms, meaning thick-skinned animals. Other members of the pachyderm family are rhinoceroses, hippopotamuses, pigs, tapirs, and extinct wooly mammoths and mastodons. The term ‘pachyderms’ is less-used among people who study and categorize animals recently, but it is a fun word, and possibly may never totally disappear from use.
Sandra: Why do elephants catch colds?
Sandy: Well, you would too, if you ran around all the time without any clothes on!
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The two main types of elephants are the African elephant and the Asian elephant.
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Lee: What is the difference between African elephants and Asian elephants?
Lars: About three thousand miles!
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Both male and female African elephants have tusks. Their ears are about 1.5 meters (5 feet) long. African elephants are known by the scientific name Loxodonta africana. They are divided into two subspecies: the African Forest Elephant and the African Bush Elephant.
Bill: Why do elephants live in the jungle?
Glen: Because they are too big to fit in Tarzan’s treehouse.
Asian elephants have smaller bodies and smaller ears than African elephants, and only the males of the Asian elephants have tusks. The scientific name for Asian elephants is Elephas maximus. The four subspecies of Asian elephants are Indian, Ceylon, Sumatran, and Malaysian.
Marybeth: What is gray and weighs 200 pounds?
Maribelle: A bouncing baby elephant!
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Newborn baby elephants weight about 91 kilograms (about 200 pounds). Adult elephants weigh between 2,268 and 6,350 kilograms (5,000 and 14,000 pounds). Some male elephants can grow to be 4 meters (13 feet tall) and weigh between 4,536 and 6,350 kilograms (10,000 and 14,000 pounds). The largest elephant on record weighed about 12,000 kilograms (26,000 pounds).
Darlene: What do elephants say when they bump into each other?
Charlene: “Small world, isn’t it?”
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An elephant of average size can carry about 2.7 metric tons (about 6,000 pounds) on its back.
Katherine: An elephant!
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The Elephant
The elephant is quite a beast,
He’s rather large to say the least,
And though his size is quite impressive,
The elephant is not aggressive,
He never throws his weight around,
Still he always holds his ground.
He only wants to feel secure.
Long may the elephant endure!
By Arnold Sundgaard (Arnold Olaf Sundgaard (1909 - 2006))
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Minerva: What is big and gray and goes, “Bubble-bubble-ka-boom!”
Minnie: An elephant experimenting with a chemistry set.
Elephants can run faster than humans!
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A tail behind, a trunk in front,
Complete the usual elephant.
The tail in front the trunk behind,
Is what you very seldom find.
-A. E. Housman: as quoted in Herbert V. Prochnow and Herbert V. Prochnow, Junior, editors: “A Treasury of Humorous Quotations” (1969)
Elephants Facts
- An adult male elephant is called a bull.
- An adult female elephant is called a cow.
- A young elephant is called a calf.
- The plural of elephant is elephants.
- A group of elephants is called a herd, or imaginatively, a memory.
- A group of elephants walking in single-file is called a parade.
- The sound made by elephants is called trumpeting.
- Elephants are the largest land animals on Earth.
- Elephants are herbivores, or plants-eaters.
Question: What goes thump, thump, squish thump, thump, squish?
Answer: An elephant with one wet shoe.
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Elephants belong to the family of animals known as pachyderms, meaning thick-skinned animals. Other members of the pachyderm family are rhinoceroses, hippopotamuses, pigs, tapirs, and extinct wooly mammoths and mastodons. The term ‘pachyderms’ is less-used among people who study and categorize animals recently, but it is a fun word, and possibly may never totally disappear from use.
Sandra: Why do elephants catch colds?
Sandy: Well, you would too, if you ran around all the time without any clothes on!
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read “Fun and Learning about Attire and Accessories” gathered by David Hugh Beaumont.
The two main types of elephants are the African elephant and the Asian elephant.
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Lee: What is the difference between African elephants and Asian elephants?
Lars: About three thousand miles!
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Both male and female African elephants have tusks. Their ears are about 1.5 meters (5 feet) long. African elephants are known by the scientific name Loxodonta africana. They are divided into two subspecies: the African Forest Elephant and the African Bush Elephant.
Bill: Why do elephants live in the jungle?
Glen: Because they are too big to fit in Tarzan’s treehouse.
Asian elephants have smaller bodies and smaller ears than African elephants, and only the males of the Asian elephants have tusks. The scientific name for Asian elephants is Elephas maximus. The four subspecies of Asian elephants are Indian, Ceylon, Sumatran, and Malaysian.
Marybeth: What is gray and weighs 200 pounds?
Maribelle: A bouncing baby elephant!
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Newborn baby elephants weight about 91 kilograms (about 200 pounds). Adult elephants weigh between 2,268 and 6,350 kilograms (5,000 and 14,000 pounds). Some male elephants can grow to be 4 meters (13 feet tall) and weigh between 4,536 and 6,350 kilograms (10,000 and 14,000 pounds). The largest elephant on record weighed about 12,000 kilograms (26,000 pounds).
Darlene: What do elephants say when they bump into each other?
Charlene: “Small world, isn’t it?”
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An elephant of average size can carry about 2.7 metric tons (about 6,000 pounds) on its back.
Elephants are the only mammals that cannot jump, and that is good, because the last thing we need is more earthquakes!
I’m an animal you might love
But I’m too big to be your pet
I have an extremely long trunk
And it’s said I never forget.
Who am I?
Solution: I am an elephant.
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Hickory dickory dock,
An elephant ran up the clock,
The clock is being repaired.
Arvin: How can you tell that elephants are always ready for adventure?
Allen: They always have their trunks ready to go!
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Anne: What has four legs and a trunk?
Drew: An elephant?
Anne: A mouse going on vacation - fooled you!
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After their size, the most noticeable feature of elephants is their trunks. A trunk is an elongation of an elephant’s nose and upper lip. An elephant’s trunk can grow to be about 2 meters (6.5 feet) long, and has about 40,000 muscles, but contains no bones. Besides being used for breathing and smelling, the trunk can be used in much the same way that humans use their arms and hands. Elephants are able to sense the size, shape, texture, and temperature of objects by feeling with their trunks. Elephants have two finger-like projections at the tips of their trunks, which can be used to manipulate and grasp small objects and to pluck grass and leaves to eat. Elephants use their trunks to lift food and to suck up water, which they then pour into their mouths. In summary, elephant’s trunks are very useful tools.
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Michelle: Why do elephants have trunks?
Mabelle: Because glove compartments are not nearly so stylish.
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Geronimo: What do you say when you scold an elephant?
Tecumseh: “Tusk! Tusk!”
Elephants have pairs of tusks, which are long teeth made of a substance called ivory. Elephant tusks grow throughout their lifetimes and can weigh more than 200 pounds. Their tusks help them obtain food and dig in the ground for water. Elephants can also use their tusks to carry heavy objects such as tree trunks.
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Jeremy: What is big and gray and protects you from the rain?
Jered: An umbrellaphant!
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Elephants have large, thin ears. Within them is a complex network of blood vessels. As blood circulates through their ears, it releases heat into the air. Elephants can flap their ears, causing the blood within them to release heat at an even faster rate. The cooled blood then circulates through the rest of the elephants’ massive bodies, helping to keep elephants cool in the hot climates where they live.
Pete: What is big and gray and hums?
Paul: An electric elephant!
Rudy: Why do more elephants not go to college?
Ruby: Because so few of them graduate from high school.
Nature’s great masterpiece, an elephant,
The only harmless great thing.
-John Donne (1572 - 1631): “The Progress of the Soul,” line 381
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Owen: How do elephants get squinty eyes?
Wendell: From reading the small print on peanut packages.
Elephants are herbivores, and spend 16 to 20 hours a day eating leaves, twigs (small branches), bark, tree roots, bamboo, and grasses. They especially like leaves from upper branches, which they get by pushing down trees with their large heads and bodies. They get bark by scraping it off trees with their sharp tusks. During the wet or rainy season, elephants eat things low to the ground, and during the dry season, they use their trunks to gather food from trees and bushes that are higher off the ground. Adult elephants eat 136 to 272 kilograms (300 to 600 pounds) of food every day.
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Aaron: Why do elephants eat raw plants?
Isaac: Because they do not know how to cook.
Willow: Why do you never see elephants hiding in trees?
Mahogany: Because they are really good at it.
I’m an animal you might love
But I’m too big to be your pet
I have an extremely long trunk
And it’s said I never forget.
Who am I?
Solution: I am an elephant.
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Hickory dickory dock,
An elephant ran up the clock,
The clock is being repaired.
Arvin: How can you tell that elephants are always ready for adventure?
Allen: They always have their trunks ready to go!
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Anne: What has four legs and a trunk?
Drew: An elephant?
Anne: A mouse going on vacation - fooled you!
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After their size, the most noticeable feature of elephants is their trunks. A trunk is an elongation of an elephant’s nose and upper lip. An elephant’s trunk can grow to be about 2 meters (6.5 feet) long, and has about 40,000 muscles, but contains no bones. Besides being used for breathing and smelling, the trunk can be used in much the same way that humans use their arms and hands. Elephants are able to sense the size, shape, texture, and temperature of objects by feeling with their trunks. Elephants have two finger-like projections at the tips of their trunks, which can be used to manipulate and grasp small objects and to pluck grass and leaves to eat. Elephants use their trunks to lift food and to suck up water, which they then pour into their mouths. In summary, elephant’s trunks are very useful tools.
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Michelle: Why do elephants have trunks?
Mabelle: Because glove compartments are not nearly so stylish.
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Geronimo: What do you say when you scold an elephant?
Tecumseh: “Tusk! Tusk!”
Elephants have pairs of tusks, which are long teeth made of a substance called ivory. Elephant tusks grow throughout their lifetimes and can weigh more than 200 pounds. Their tusks help them obtain food and dig in the ground for water. Elephants can also use their tusks to carry heavy objects such as tree trunks.
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Jeremy: What is big and gray and protects you from the rain?
Jered: An umbrellaphant!
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Elephants have large, thin ears. Within them is a complex network of blood vessels. As blood circulates through their ears, it releases heat into the air. Elephants can flap their ears, causing the blood within them to release heat at an even faster rate. The cooled blood then circulates through the rest of the elephants’ massive bodies, helping to keep elephants cool in the hot climates where they live.
Pete: What is big and gray and hums?
Paul: An electric elephant!
Rudy: Why do more elephants not go to college?
Ruby: Because so few of them graduate from high school.
Nature’s great masterpiece, an elephant,
The only harmless great thing.
-John Donne (1572 - 1631): “The Progress of the Soul,” line 381
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Owen: How do elephants get squinty eyes?
Wendell: From reading the small print on peanut packages.
Elephants are herbivores, and spend 16 to 20 hours a day eating leaves, twigs (small branches), bark, tree roots, bamboo, and grasses. They especially like leaves from upper branches, which they get by pushing down trees with their large heads and bodies. They get bark by scraping it off trees with their sharp tusks. During the wet or rainy season, elephants eat things low to the ground, and during the dry season, they use their trunks to gather food from trees and bushes that are higher off the ground. Adult elephants eat 136 to 272 kilograms (300 to 600 pounds) of food every day.
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Aaron: Why do elephants eat raw plants?
Isaac: Because they do not know how to cook.
Willow: Why do you never see elephants hiding in trees?
Mahogany: Because they are really good at it.
Jimmy: Why can elephants not fly?
James: Because they do not have propellers.
Beverly: Why was the elephant sitting on the marshmallow?
Christine: Because she did not want to fall into the hot chocolate.
Ella: What did the mother elephant say to her kids when they weren’t behaving?
Fitz: “Tusk, tusk.”
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Adult elephants need to drink at least 210 liters (55 gallons) of water every day. If an elephant’s trunk holds about 9.5 liters (2.5 gallons) of water, how many times would an elephant need to fill its trunk each day?
Roderick: Why is it dangerous to tell elephant jokes?
Reginald: Because elephants never forget!
Patrice: Why do elephants not like elephant jokes?
Patrick: They think they are Dumbo.
Melanie: Who started all these crazy elephant jokes?
Pamela: That is what the elephants would like to know!
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Knock, knock.
Who’s there?
Gladys.
Gladys, who?
Gladys you and not another elephant joke!
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Tabitha: Why did the elephant cross the road?
Tabbie: Because she did not want to hear that last joke.
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Adult elephants sleep between 4 and 5 hours in a 24-hour time period. Their sleep is often broken up into shorter time periods and naps throughout the day and night. In family herds, some of the elephants stay awake while others are sleeping, to guard against predators, especially when the herd has baby elephants to protect. Elephants can adjust their sleep patterns when the weather is hot, napping more in the daytime and staying awake during the cooler nighttime to find food and water.
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Bernice: What is large, gray, and writes?
Brad: A ballpoint elephant!
Male elephant mature and leave their herds at about 12 or 13 years of age, living fairly solitary lives from that point onward.
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Chad: What is big and gray, and wears glass slippers?
Chet: Cinderelephant.
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Carrie: What is big and grey and has horns?
Karen: An elephant marching band!
Bernard: How do elephants talk to each other?
Bernice: On ‘elephones!
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While not noted for their musical talent, the most familiar sound made by elephants is called trumpeting. Elephants can purr as cats do. Elephants can also communicate by making singing and rumbling sounds at between 14 and 35 hertz, which is below human hearing range. Elephants can communicate by stomping on the ground, which makes sounds and vibrations that can be detected by other elephants. These varied types of communication allow elephants to locate other elephants and to call wandering individuals back to the herd, and can ever allow several different herds to stay in direct contact over distances of many miles.
Pearl: Why do elephants trumpet?
Ruby: Because they don’t know how to play the violin.
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Maude: How can you tell if there is an elephant in your snack food?
Todd: Read the list of ingredients.
Holding Hands
Elephants walking
along the trails
Are holding hands
by holding tails,
Trunks and tails
are handy things
When elephants walk
in circus rings.
By Leonore M. Link
James: Because they do not have propellers.
Beverly: Why was the elephant sitting on the marshmallow?
Christine: Because she did not want to fall into the hot chocolate.
Ella: What did the mother elephant say to her kids when they weren’t behaving?
Fitz: “Tusk, tusk.”
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Adult elephants need to drink at least 210 liters (55 gallons) of water every day. If an elephant’s trunk holds about 9.5 liters (2.5 gallons) of water, how many times would an elephant need to fill its trunk each day?
Roderick: Why is it dangerous to tell elephant jokes?
Reginald: Because elephants never forget!
Patrice: Why do elephants not like elephant jokes?
Patrick: They think they are Dumbo.
Melanie: Who started all these crazy elephant jokes?
Pamela: That is what the elephants would like to know!
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Knock, knock.
Who’s there?
Gladys.
Gladys, who?
Gladys you and not another elephant joke!
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Tabitha: Why did the elephant cross the road?
Tabbie: Because she did not want to hear that last joke.
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Adult elephants sleep between 4 and 5 hours in a 24-hour time period. Their sleep is often broken up into shorter time periods and naps throughout the day and night. In family herds, some of the elephants stay awake while others are sleeping, to guard against predators, especially when the herd has baby elephants to protect. Elephants can adjust their sleep patterns when the weather is hot, napping more in the daytime and staying awake during the cooler nighttime to find food and water.
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Bernice: What is large, gray, and writes?
Brad: A ballpoint elephant!
Male elephant mature and leave their herds at about 12 or 13 years of age, living fairly solitary lives from that point onward.
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Chad: What is big and gray, and wears glass slippers?
Chet: Cinderelephant.
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Carrie: What is big and grey and has horns?
Karen: An elephant marching band!
Bernard: How do elephants talk to each other?
Bernice: On ‘elephones!
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While not noted for their musical talent, the most familiar sound made by elephants is called trumpeting. Elephants can purr as cats do. Elephants can also communicate by making singing and rumbling sounds at between 14 and 35 hertz, which is below human hearing range. Elephants can communicate by stomping on the ground, which makes sounds and vibrations that can be detected by other elephants. These varied types of communication allow elephants to locate other elephants and to call wandering individuals back to the herd, and can ever allow several different herds to stay in direct contact over distances of many miles.
Pearl: Why do elephants trumpet?
Ruby: Because they don’t know how to play the violin.
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Maude: How can you tell if there is an elephant in your snack food?
Todd: Read the list of ingredients.
Holding Hands
Elephants walking
along the trails
Are holding hands
by holding tails,
Trunks and tails
are handy things
When elephants walk
in circus rings.
By Leonore M. Link
Elephants . . . among the last dignified inhabitants of Earth . . .
Overheard: The only reason that a great many people do not own an elephant is that they have never been offered an elephant for ten dollars down and ten dollars a week.
Ernest: Why do elephants travel in herds?
Otis: Because if they traveled in flocks, they might be mistaken for sheep.
Female elephants spend their entire lives living in family herds of up to ten females and their young. Each family herd is led by a female elephant called a matriarch, usually the oldest and largest female in the herd. All of the females in the herd are directly related to the matriarch. Herds are known to travel distances of 16 kilometers (10 miles) or farther in a day to look for food and water. When elephants travel, they walk very quietly in single file. Young elephants are led by the older elephants with their tails. They stay close to their mothers at all times. The entire herd will protect the young ones if there are any signs of danger.
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Going to Work
An elephant, going to work,
Was heard to remark, with a smirk,
“I’ll keep my good manners
For hay and bananers
But quit if my mahout should shirk.”
By Author Unknown
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Danny: What would you get if you crossed an elephant and a computer?
Daniel: The biggest know-it-all you ever saw.
Because of their large size, great strength, and defensive capabilities, full-grown elephants have few natural predators. Elephants can fight with their tusks to defend themselves, and wrap their muscular trunks around other animals. They can push things around with their sheer weight and strength. Elephants can raise their front legs off the ground, standing briefly on just their rear legs, and kick with their front legs or drop their front legs and crushing body weight back down onto any threatening animal. If need be, elephants can also run about 39 kilometers (24 miles) an hour for short distances. Even so, elephants in the wild are vulnerable to lions that prey on young or weak elephants, and humans destroy elephant habitats and kill elephants for their ivory tusks.
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Darcy: What is big and gray and takes the bus everywhere?
Marcy: An elephant who failed her driver’s license test.
Mortimer: What is gray, has 800 feet, and cannot get off the ground?
Gerard: An airplane full of elephants.
Elephants are good swimmers. They can also walk along the bottom of a lake or river while extending their trunks up to the surface like snorkels to breathe air. Going into water helps them to stay cool when the weather is hot, and they also bathe themselves in the water.
Sherman: Why are elephants wrinkled?
Herman: Have you ever tried to iron one?
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Opal: Why are elephants so poor?
Violet: Because they work for peanuts!
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Eva: Why is an elephant gray?
Evaline: So you will not mistake him for a bluebird.
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“Anything unrelated to elephants is irrelephant.” -Author Unknown
Dana: Why do elephants not ride bicycles?
Gina: They do not have thumbs to ring the bells.
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Riddle: Where do elephants pack their clothes?
Solution: In their trunks!
Elephantine: Resembling or characteristic of an elephant or elephants, especially in being large, clambering, or awkward. Agile elephants may disagree with this generalization!
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Jonah: What vegetable do you get when an elephant walks through your garden?
Mona: Squash.
“When you have got an elephant by the hind leg, and he is trying to run away, it’s best to let him run.” -Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865): as quoted in Charles A. Dana (Charles Anderson Dana (1819 - 1897)): “Recollections of the Civil War” (1897), page 274; work possibly published by Charles Anderson Dana and actually written by Ida Minerva Tarbell (1857 - 1944)
John: Why do elephants not use computers?
Joan: They are afraid of the mouse.
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Alexander: How would you recognize an elephant on the Moon?
Alexia: By the big ‘E’ on her spacesuit.
An Elephant
When people call this beast to mind
They marvel more and more
At such a little tail behind
So large a trunk before.
By Author Unknown
Merry: What did the elephant wish for on his birthday?
Mary: A trunkful of presents!
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Alice: What should you always remember when telling elephant jokes?
Ellis: Elephants never forget!
“People tell you that an elephant doesn’t forget, but what they don’t tell you is that you will never forget an elephant.” -Author Unknown
We are MFOL! . . . Ha, ha, ha - wait, we don’t get it . . .
Overheard: The only reason that a great many people do not own an elephant is that they have never been offered an elephant for ten dollars down and ten dollars a week.
Ernest: Why do elephants travel in herds?
Otis: Because if they traveled in flocks, they might be mistaken for sheep.
Female elephants spend their entire lives living in family herds of up to ten females and their young. Each family herd is led by a female elephant called a matriarch, usually the oldest and largest female in the herd. All of the females in the herd are directly related to the matriarch. Herds are known to travel distances of 16 kilometers (10 miles) or farther in a day to look for food and water. When elephants travel, they walk very quietly in single file. Young elephants are led by the older elephants with their tails. They stay close to their mothers at all times. The entire herd will protect the young ones if there are any signs of danger.
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Going to Work
An elephant, going to work,
Was heard to remark, with a smirk,
“I’ll keep my good manners
For hay and bananers
But quit if my mahout should shirk.”
By Author Unknown
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Danny: What would you get if you crossed an elephant and a computer?
Daniel: The biggest know-it-all you ever saw.
Because of their large size, great strength, and defensive capabilities, full-grown elephants have few natural predators. Elephants can fight with their tusks to defend themselves, and wrap their muscular trunks around other animals. They can push things around with their sheer weight and strength. Elephants can raise their front legs off the ground, standing briefly on just their rear legs, and kick with their front legs or drop their front legs and crushing body weight back down onto any threatening animal. If need be, elephants can also run about 39 kilometers (24 miles) an hour for short distances. Even so, elephants in the wild are vulnerable to lions that prey on young or weak elephants, and humans destroy elephant habitats and kill elephants for their ivory tusks.
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Darcy: What is big and gray and takes the bus everywhere?
Marcy: An elephant who failed her driver’s license test.
Mortimer: What is gray, has 800 feet, and cannot get off the ground?
Gerard: An airplane full of elephants.
Elephants are good swimmers. They can also walk along the bottom of a lake or river while extending their trunks up to the surface like snorkels to breathe air. Going into water helps them to stay cool when the weather is hot, and they also bathe themselves in the water.
Sherman: Why are elephants wrinkled?
Herman: Have you ever tried to iron one?
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Opal: Why are elephants so poor?
Violet: Because they work for peanuts!
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Eva: Why is an elephant gray?
Evaline: So you will not mistake him for a bluebird.
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“Anything unrelated to elephants is irrelephant.” -Author Unknown
Dana: Why do elephants not ride bicycles?
Gina: They do not have thumbs to ring the bells.
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Riddle: Where do elephants pack their clothes?
Solution: In their trunks!
Elephantine: Resembling or characteristic of an elephant or elephants, especially in being large, clambering, or awkward. Agile elephants may disagree with this generalization!
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Jonah: What vegetable do you get when an elephant walks through your garden?
Mona: Squash.
“When you have got an elephant by the hind leg, and he is trying to run away, it’s best to let him run.” -Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865): as quoted in Charles A. Dana (Charles Anderson Dana (1819 - 1897)): “Recollections of the Civil War” (1897), page 274; work possibly published by Charles Anderson Dana and actually written by Ida Minerva Tarbell (1857 - 1944)
John: Why do elephants not use computers?
Joan: They are afraid of the mouse.
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Alexander: How would you recognize an elephant on the Moon?
Alexia: By the big ‘E’ on her spacesuit.
An Elephant
When people call this beast to mind
They marvel more and more
At such a little tail behind
So large a trunk before.
By Author Unknown
Merry: What did the elephant wish for on his birthday?
Mary: A trunkful of presents!
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Alice: What should you always remember when telling elephant jokes?
Ellis: Elephants never forget!
“People tell you that an elephant doesn’t forget, but what they don’t tell you is that you will never forget an elephant.” -Author Unknown
We are MFOL! . . . Ha, ha, ha - wait, we don’t get it . . .
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Bumble Bee
Black and yellow
Little fur bee
Buzzing away
In the timothy*.
Drowsy
Browsy
Lump of a bee
Rumbly
Tumbly
Bumbly bee.
Where are you taking
Your golden plunder
Humming along
Like baby thunder?
Over the clover
And over the hay
Then over the apple trees
Zoom away.
By Margaret Wise Brown
*timothy: a type of grass, often grown intermixed with clover plant.
Margaret Wise Brown was born on 23 May 1910 in Brooklyn, New York, United States of America. She became a poet and a writer of children’s books. Her published works include, “Goodnight Moon” (1947). Margaret Wise Brown passed on at 42 years of age on 13 November 1952 in Nice, France.
Black and yellow
Little fur bee
Buzzing away
In the timothy*.
Drowsy
Browsy
Lump of a bee
Rumbly
Tumbly
Bumbly bee.
Where are you taking
Your golden plunder
Humming along
Like baby thunder?
Over the clover
And over the hay
Then over the apple trees
Zoom away.
By Margaret Wise Brown
*timothy: a type of grass, often grown intermixed with clover plant.
Margaret Wise Brown was born on 23 May 1910 in Brooklyn, New York, United States of America. She became a poet and a writer of children’s books. Her published works include, “Goodnight Moon” (1947). Margaret Wise Brown passed on at 42 years of age on 13 November 1952 in Nice, France.
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Jenny: What time do ducks wake up?
Denny: At the quack of dawn!
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Ducks are mostly aquatic, or water, birds that live in freshwater and seawater. They can swim on the water’s surface by paddling with their webbed feet, and dive below the water’s surface to find food. Ducks can walk on land and fly through the air. Ducks build nests and lay eggs in them that hatch into ducklings.
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Amelia: What type of movie is about water fowl?
Cecelia: A duckumentary.
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Gretchen: Why did the duck join the military?
Gerard: She was good at quacking codes.
“When I see a bird that walks like a duck and swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, I call that bird a duck.” -James Whitcomb Riley (1849 - 1916)
“Suppose you see a bird walking around in a farm yard. This bird has no label that says ‘duck.’ But the bird certainly looks like a duck. Also, he goes to the pond and you notice that he swims like a duck. Then he opens his beak and quacks like a duck. Well, by this time you have probably reached the conclusion that the bird is a duck, whether he’s wearing a label or not.” -Richard Cunningham Patterson, Junior (1886 - 1966)
“If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have at least to consider the possibility that we have a small aquatic bird of the family Anatidae on our hands.” -Douglas Adams (Douglas Noel Adams (1952 - 2001)): “Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency” (1987)
“If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, but it needs batteries, you probably have the wrong abstraction.” -Author Unknown: analogy of the Liskov Substitution Principle, suggested by Barbara Liskov: “Data Extraction and Hierarchy” (1987) speech
Ducks cannot walk without bobbing their heads.
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A duck was about to cross the road when a chicken walked up and said, “Don’t do it, Duck, because you’ll never hear the end of it!”
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Amos: What do ducks put on their Christmas trees?
Moses: Duckerations!
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Ducks Facts
- An adult male duck is called a drake.
- An adult female duck is called a hen.
- A young duck is called a duckling.
- The plural of duck is ducks.
- A group of ducks is called a flock.
- A group of ducks in water is called a raft.
- The sound made by ducks is called quacking.
- Ducks are omnivores, or animals that eat both plants and animals.
- Ducks can live for 3 to 10 years in the wild.
- Ducks can live for 8 or more years in captivity.
- Ducks are found on every continent except Antarctica.
Denny: At the quack of dawn!
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Ducks are mostly aquatic, or water, birds that live in freshwater and seawater. They can swim on the water’s surface by paddling with their webbed feet, and dive below the water’s surface to find food. Ducks can walk on land and fly through the air. Ducks build nests and lay eggs in them that hatch into ducklings.
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Amelia: What type of movie is about water fowl?
Cecelia: A duckumentary.
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Gretchen: Why did the duck join the military?
Gerard: She was good at quacking codes.
“When I see a bird that walks like a duck and swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, I call that bird a duck.” -James Whitcomb Riley (1849 - 1916)
“Suppose you see a bird walking around in a farm yard. This bird has no label that says ‘duck.’ But the bird certainly looks like a duck. Also, he goes to the pond and you notice that he swims like a duck. Then he opens his beak and quacks like a duck. Well, by this time you have probably reached the conclusion that the bird is a duck, whether he’s wearing a label or not.” -Richard Cunningham Patterson, Junior (1886 - 1966)
“If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have at least to consider the possibility that we have a small aquatic bird of the family Anatidae on our hands.” -Douglas Adams (Douglas Noel Adams (1952 - 2001)): “Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency” (1987)
“If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, but it needs batteries, you probably have the wrong abstraction.” -Author Unknown: analogy of the Liskov Substitution Principle, suggested by Barbara Liskov: “Data Extraction and Hierarchy” (1987) speech
Ducks cannot walk without bobbing their heads.
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A duck was about to cross the road when a chicken walked up and said, “Don’t do it, Duck, because you’ll never hear the end of it!”
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Amos: What do ducks put on their Christmas trees?
Moses: Duckerations!
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Ducks Facts
- An adult male duck is called a drake.
- An adult female duck is called a hen.
- A young duck is called a duckling.
- The plural of duck is ducks.
- A group of ducks is called a flock.
- A group of ducks in water is called a raft.
- The sound made by ducks is called quacking.
- Ducks are omnivores, or animals that eat both plants and animals.
- Ducks can live for 3 to 10 years in the wild.
- Ducks can live for 8 or more years in captivity.
- Ducks are found on every continent except Antarctica.
To succeed in life, we must be like ducks, which seem to effortlessly float along in the water, but which paddle energetically just out of sight beneath the water’s surface. Shown above is a pair of Pekin Ducks.
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Pekin Ducks are a common farm duck raised for meat and eggs. The ducklings are covered in yellow down, and the adult birds have white feathers. They were brought to America from China in the 1870’s. Another popular farm duck is the Rouen duck, which was originally from France; this duck still has Mallard-like coloring. The Muscovy is an American breed of farm duck having dark feathers.
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Diving ducks and sea ducks search for food deep underwater. To be able to stay underwater more easily, diving ducks are heavy.
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Laura: What do ducks like to eat with soup?
Lauren: Quackers!
Ducks in the wild are omnivores, or animals that eat plants and animals. They have a varied diet, feeding on aquatic (water) plants, grasses, frogs, small fish, small shellfish, snails, slugs, worms, grubs, insects, and other edibles in their environment.
Troubled Duck
A duck that I happened to hear
Was complaining quite sadly, “Oh, dear!
Our picnic’s today,
But the weathermen say
That the skies will be sunny and clear.”
By Author Unknown
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Let’s make a new animal that we’ll call the ‘duckopotamus.’ Half duck, half hippopotamus, and perfect for flying between bodies of water like rivers and lakes to remove algae overgrowths from them with its huge appetite. Quick, let’s get to the patent office before anyone else thinks of doing this!
Jake: Why was the duck’s medical license revoked?
Jack: Because he was a quack.
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A duck waddled into a store to buy some lipstick. The clerk asked how she would like to pay for it, and the duck said, “Just put it on my bill.”
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Dabbling ducks feed on the surface of water, on land, or by ducking their heads underwater. Along the edge of their beaks is a comb-like structure called a pecten, which enables them to filter nutrients from the water and hold onto slippery food.
Margie: What goes, “Quick, quick!”?
Maggie: A duck with the hiccups.
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Humans often throw pieces of bread to ducks as the ducks swim around in the water of lakes and rivers in parks. People consider this a relaxing recreational activity. To the ducks, it is free food that they get just for being ducks!
Riddle: A duck opens this a crack, and out comes a quack - what is it?
Answer: A bill.
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“I was in downtown Boise, Idaho, and I saw a duck. I knew the duck was lost, because ducks aren’t supposed to be downtown. There’s nothing for them there. So I went to a Subway sandwich shop. I said, ‘Let me have a bun.’ She wouldn’t sell me just the bun; she said it had to have something on it. She said it’s against Subway regulations to sell just the bun. I guess the two halves aren’t supposed to touch. So, I said, ‘All right, put some lettuce on it.’ ‘That’ll be $1.75!’ I said, ‘It’s for a duck!’ ‘Oh, then it’s free.’ I did not know that ducks eat for free at Subway! Had I known that, I would have ordered a much larger sandwich. ‘Let me have the steak fajita sub, and don’t bother ringing it up - it’s for a duck! There are six ducks out there, and they all want Sun Chips!’” -Mitch Hedberg (1968 - 2005)
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The Duck
Behold the duck.
It does not cluck.
A cluck it lacks.
It quacks.
It is especially fond
Of a puddle or pond.
When it dines or sups,
It bottoms up.
By Ogden Nash (Frederick Ogden ‘Ogden’ Nash (1902 - 1971))
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Pekin Ducks are a common farm duck raised for meat and eggs. The ducklings are covered in yellow down, and the adult birds have white feathers. They were brought to America from China in the 1870’s. Another popular farm duck is the Rouen duck, which was originally from France; this duck still has Mallard-like coloring. The Muscovy is an American breed of farm duck having dark feathers.
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Diving ducks and sea ducks search for food deep underwater. To be able to stay underwater more easily, diving ducks are heavy.
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Laura: What do ducks like to eat with soup?
Lauren: Quackers!
Ducks in the wild are omnivores, or animals that eat plants and animals. They have a varied diet, feeding on aquatic (water) plants, grasses, frogs, small fish, small shellfish, snails, slugs, worms, grubs, insects, and other edibles in their environment.
Troubled Duck
A duck that I happened to hear
Was complaining quite sadly, “Oh, dear!
Our picnic’s today,
But the weathermen say
That the skies will be sunny and clear.”
By Author Unknown
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Let’s make a new animal that we’ll call the ‘duckopotamus.’ Half duck, half hippopotamus, and perfect for flying between bodies of water like rivers and lakes to remove algae overgrowths from them with its huge appetite. Quick, let’s get to the patent office before anyone else thinks of doing this!
Jake: Why was the duck’s medical license revoked?
Jack: Because he was a quack.
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A duck waddled into a store to buy some lipstick. The clerk asked how she would like to pay for it, and the duck said, “Just put it on my bill.”
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read “Fun and Learning about Shopping” gathered by David Hugh Beaumont.
Dabbling ducks feed on the surface of water, on land, or by ducking their heads underwater. Along the edge of their beaks is a comb-like structure called a pecten, which enables them to filter nutrients from the water and hold onto slippery food.
Margie: What goes, “Quick, quick!”?
Maggie: A duck with the hiccups.
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Humans often throw pieces of bread to ducks as the ducks swim around in the water of lakes and rivers in parks. People consider this a relaxing recreational activity. To the ducks, it is free food that they get just for being ducks!
Riddle: A duck opens this a crack, and out comes a quack - what is it?
Answer: A bill.
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“I was in downtown Boise, Idaho, and I saw a duck. I knew the duck was lost, because ducks aren’t supposed to be downtown. There’s nothing for them there. So I went to a Subway sandwich shop. I said, ‘Let me have a bun.’ She wouldn’t sell me just the bun; she said it had to have something on it. She said it’s against Subway regulations to sell just the bun. I guess the two halves aren’t supposed to touch. So, I said, ‘All right, put some lettuce on it.’ ‘That’ll be $1.75!’ I said, ‘It’s for a duck!’ ‘Oh, then it’s free.’ I did not know that ducks eat for free at Subway! Had I known that, I would have ordered a much larger sandwich. ‘Let me have the steak fajita sub, and don’t bother ringing it up - it’s for a duck! There are six ducks out there, and they all want Sun Chips!’” -Mitch Hedberg (1968 - 2005)
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The Duck
Behold the duck.
It does not cluck.
A cluck it lacks.
It quacks.
It is especially fond
Of a puddle or pond.
When it dines or sups,
It bottoms up.
By Ogden Nash (Frederick Ogden ‘Ogden’ Nash (1902 - 1971))
Mandarin Ducks seem to be in competition with butterflies for colors and patterns. The female Mandarin Duck is on the left, and the male Mandarin Duck is the colorful one on the right.
Ducks are magical! A duck feather weighs about 0.016 to 0.063 grams, so when you see a duck feather, remember that it just barely exists.
Tucker: Who stole the bath soap?
Archer: A robber ducky!
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Randall: When ducks fly in a V-formation, do you know why one side is longer than the other?
Russell: Is it because there are more ducks on that side?
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The Duck Song
I’m a duck and I like the pond
Swim and play, all day long
All my ducklings swim along
“Quack, quack,” they sing my song
“Quack, quack, quack,” life is fun
Search for food under the Sun
See some snails, they can’t run
They taste so good, yummm . . .
Dad, the drake, he found slugs
Then there were the water bugs
Called to us to share his luck
And we all gave him big hugs
Together we swim along
In and out of the reeds we play
We live a life that’s happy and gay
Tomorrow is another day
By Author Unknown
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Ducks have interlocking feathers with a waxy coating that makes them waterproof. Ducks have a molting season, in which their feathers fall out and new ones grow to take their place. During molting, ducks are much more vulnerable to predators, or animals that want to eat them, because they need their feathers to be able to fly away from danger.
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Dave: What do you call a duck that likes to swim with alligators?
Julia: Dinner.
Overheard: Whenever it’s raining and I walk past a stranger on the sidewalk, I make the comment that it’s great weather for ducks. They usually look at me like I’m goofy, but I wait a second and then I say, “Quack, quack!” which of course confirms that I must be.
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Because ducks are curious and friendly creatures, they have been domesticated as pets and farm animals for more than five hundred years. All domestic ducks are descended from either the Mallard or the Muscovy duck.
Cosmo: What do you call a duck that leads an orchestra?
Stella: A con-duck-tor.
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Ducks are magical! A duck feather weighs about 0.016 to 0.063 grams, so when you see a duck feather, remember that it just barely exists.
Tucker: Who stole the bath soap?
Archer: A robber ducky!
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Randall: When ducks fly in a V-formation, do you know why one side is longer than the other?
Russell: Is it because there are more ducks on that side?
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The Duck Song
I’m a duck and I like the pond
Swim and play, all day long
All my ducklings swim along
“Quack, quack,” they sing my song
“Quack, quack, quack,” life is fun
Search for food under the Sun
See some snails, they can’t run
They taste so good, yummm . . .
Dad, the drake, he found slugs
Then there were the water bugs
Called to us to share his luck
And we all gave him big hugs
Together we swim along
In and out of the reeds we play
We live a life that’s happy and gay
Tomorrow is another day
By Author Unknown
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Ducks have interlocking feathers with a waxy coating that makes them waterproof. Ducks have a molting season, in which their feathers fall out and new ones grow to take their place. During molting, ducks are much more vulnerable to predators, or animals that want to eat them, because they need their feathers to be able to fly away from danger.
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Dave: What do you call a duck that likes to swim with alligators?
Julia: Dinner.
Overheard: Whenever it’s raining and I walk past a stranger on the sidewalk, I make the comment that it’s great weather for ducks. They usually look at me like I’m goofy, but I wait a second and then I say, “Quack, quack!” which of course confirms that I must be.
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read “Fun and Learning about Weather and Climates” gathered by David Hugh Beaumont.
Because ducks are curious and friendly creatures, they have been domesticated as pets and farm animals for more than five hundred years. All domestic ducks are descended from either the Mallard or the Muscovy duck.
Cosmo: What do you call a duck that leads an orchestra?
Stella: A con-duck-tor.
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The most common and recognized species of duck are Mallards, or Wild Ducks. They are dabbling ducks that live naturally in the Americas, Europe, Asia, and North Africa. They have also been introduced to New Zealand and Australia. The male Mallard has a glossy green head, and gray wings and belly, while the female Mallard has brown-speckled plumage.
Maribelle: How are you today?
Maryanne: Just ducky - quack, quack!
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Phil said, “Look at that duck.”
Bill said, “That’s a swan, not a duck.”
“Duck,” insisted Phil.
“Swan,” insisted Bill.
All of a sudden, a low-flying goose was heading straight for Bill.
“Duck, Bill!” shouted Phil.
“Swan!” shouted Bill - and he was conked in the head by the goose.
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Down is a layer of extremely soft feathers found under the outer feathers of birds such as ducks and geese. Ducks pluck down from themselves and use it to line their nests to keep their young warm and safe. Ducklings have only down growth covering them until they are old enough to develop feathers. Down is used as an insulator and padding in products such as jackets, pillows, and sleeping bags. It can be obtained without harming birds by gathering it from their nesting areas after young birds have become old enough to leave the nests and accompany their parent birds out into the wider world to learn the birds’ way of life and live on their own.
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Patricia: What happens when you drop a duck egg?
Patrick: It quacks.
Marcia: What is the difference between a duck?
Darcy: One foot is the same.
(In case you are wondering, this ridiculous joke has no typing errors or omitted words. It is just as it is meant to be, which is to say, completely nonsensical.)
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Amy: Where can you find out more about ducks?
Amelia: You can read all about them in a ducktionary.
Mallard-justed: A duck that does not fit in well.
Stephen: Why do ducks fly south for the winter?
George: Because it’s too far to walk!
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Many wild ducks migrate seasonally. Some ducks are capable of flying 534 kilometers (332 miles) a day.
Cheryl: What is a fast duck?
Charlene: A quick quack.
Charlene: What is an even faster duck?
Cheryl: A quicker quacker!
Quack, Quack
We have two ducks: one blue, one black.
And when our blue duck goes, “Quack-quack,”
Our black duck quickly goes, “Quack-quack,” back.
The quacks Blue quacks make her quite a quacker
But the Black duck is a quicker quacker-backer.
By Author Unknown
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Contrary to a common misconception, a duck’s quack does have an echo, though often too low to be heard.
Quentin: How do you fix a broken duck?
Quincy: Just use some duck-tape.
Ducks are a force of nature: they can swim on the water’s surface, dive under water, walk on land, and fly in the air.
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A duck walked into a feedstore and asked, “Got any duck feed?” The clerk told him, “No, we don’t have a market for it, so we don’t carry it.” The duck said, “Okay,” and left the store. The next day, the duck again walked in to the feedstore and asked, “Got any duck feed?” Again the clerk said no and the duck left. Next day, the duck again walked in to the feedstore and asked, “Got any duck feed?” The clerk said, “I’ve told you twice, we don’t have duck feed. We’ve never had duck feed, and we will never have duck feed. If you ask me again, I will nail your feet to the floor.” So the duck left. The next day, the duck walked in and asked, “Got any nails?” “No,” said the clerk. So the duck asked, “Got any duck feed?”
Harold: What do you get when you put cheese next to some ducks?
Jerrold: Cheese and quackers.
Six Little Ducks
Six little ducks that I once knew:
Tall ones, short ones, skinny ones, too -
And the one little duck with the feathers on his back,
He led them all with his quack, quack, quack.
Down to the river they would go,
Wibble, wobble, wibble, wobble, to and fro -
And the one little duck with the feathers on his back,
He led the others with his quack, quack, quack.
Into the water he would dive,
Then in would go the other five.
The one little duck with the feathers on his back,
He led them all with his quack, quack, quack.
By Author Unknown
Wise quacker: A smart duck.
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Ducks are members of the Anatidae family of birds, which also includes swans and geese.
Riddle: What do you call a crate of ducks?
Answer: A box of quackers.
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Maribelle: How are you today?
Maryanne: Just ducky - quack, quack!
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Phil said, “Look at that duck.”
Bill said, “That’s a swan, not a duck.”
“Duck,” insisted Phil.
“Swan,” insisted Bill.
All of a sudden, a low-flying goose was heading straight for Bill.
“Duck, Bill!” shouted Phil.
“Swan!” shouted Bill - and he was conked in the head by the goose.
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read “Fun and Learning about Accidents and Safety” gathered by David Hugh Beaumont.
Down is a layer of extremely soft feathers found under the outer feathers of birds such as ducks and geese. Ducks pluck down from themselves and use it to line their nests to keep their young warm and safe. Ducklings have only down growth covering them until they are old enough to develop feathers. Down is used as an insulator and padding in products such as jackets, pillows, and sleeping bags. It can be obtained without harming birds by gathering it from their nesting areas after young birds have become old enough to leave the nests and accompany their parent birds out into the wider world to learn the birds’ way of life and live on their own.
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Patricia: What happens when you drop a duck egg?
Patrick: It quacks.
Marcia: What is the difference between a duck?
Darcy: One foot is the same.
(In case you are wondering, this ridiculous joke has no typing errors or omitted words. It is just as it is meant to be, which is to say, completely nonsensical.)
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read “Fun and Learning about Nonsense” gathered by David Hugh Beaumont.
Amy: Where can you find out more about ducks?
Amelia: You can read all about them in a ducktionary.
Mallard-justed: A duck that does not fit in well.
Stephen: Why do ducks fly south for the winter?
George: Because it’s too far to walk!
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read “Fun And Learning About Walking And Ambulating” Gathered By David Hugh Beaumont.
Many wild ducks migrate seasonally. Some ducks are capable of flying 534 kilometers (332 miles) a day.
Cheryl: What is a fast duck?
Charlene: A quick quack.
Charlene: What is an even faster duck?
Cheryl: A quicker quacker!
Quack, Quack
We have two ducks: one blue, one black.
And when our blue duck goes, “Quack-quack,”
Our black duck quickly goes, “Quack-quack,” back.
The quacks Blue quacks make her quite a quacker
But the Black duck is a quicker quacker-backer.
By Author Unknown
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Contrary to a common misconception, a duck’s quack does have an echo, though often too low to be heard.
Quentin: How do you fix a broken duck?
Quincy: Just use some duck-tape.
Ducks are a force of nature: they can swim on the water’s surface, dive under water, walk on land, and fly in the air.
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read “Fun and Learning about Nature and Wildlife” gathered by David Hugh Beaumont.
A duck walked into a feedstore and asked, “Got any duck feed?” The clerk told him, “No, we don’t have a market for it, so we don’t carry it.” The duck said, “Okay,” and left the store. The next day, the duck again walked in to the feedstore and asked, “Got any duck feed?” Again the clerk said no and the duck left. Next day, the duck again walked in to the feedstore and asked, “Got any duck feed?” The clerk said, “I’ve told you twice, we don’t have duck feed. We’ve never had duck feed, and we will never have duck feed. If you ask me again, I will nail your feet to the floor.” So the duck left. The next day, the duck walked in and asked, “Got any nails?” “No,” said the clerk. So the duck asked, “Got any duck feed?”
Harold: What do you get when you put cheese next to some ducks?
Jerrold: Cheese and quackers.
Six Little Ducks
Six little ducks that I once knew:
Tall ones, short ones, skinny ones, too -
And the one little duck with the feathers on his back,
He led them all with his quack, quack, quack.
Down to the river they would go,
Wibble, wobble, wibble, wobble, to and fro -
And the one little duck with the feathers on his back,
He led the others with his quack, quack, quack.
Into the water he would dive,
Then in would go the other five.
The one little duck with the feathers on his back,
He led them all with his quack, quack, quack.
By Author Unknown
Wise quacker: A smart duck.
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read “Fun and Learning about Daffynitions and Definitions” gathered by David Hugh Beaumont.
Ducks are members of the Anatidae family of birds, which also includes swans and geese.
Riddle: What do you call a crate of ducks?
Answer: A box of quackers.
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The Little Turtle
There was a little turtle.
He lived in a box.
He swam in a puddle.
He climbed on the rocks.
He snapped at a mosquito.
He snapped at a flea.
He snapped at a minnow.
And he snapped at me.
He caught the mosquito.
He caught the flea.
He caught the minnow.
But he can’t catch me.
By Vachel Lindsay
Nicholas Vachel Lindsay was born on 10 November 1879 in Springfield, Illinois, United States of America. He became a poet. Nicholas Vachel Lindsay passed on at 52 years of age on 5 December 1931 in Springfield, Illinois, United States of America.
Image shown: A Box Turtle, a type of semi-aquatic omnivore, often ranging from 13 to 15 centimeters (5 to 6 inches) from head to tail, and humorously described in the poem above as an animal that will eat anything it can catch.
There was a little turtle.
He lived in a box.
He swam in a puddle.
He climbed on the rocks.
He snapped at a mosquito.
He snapped at a flea.
He snapped at a minnow.
And he snapped at me.
He caught the mosquito.
He caught the flea.
He caught the minnow.
But he can’t catch me.
By Vachel Lindsay
Nicholas Vachel Lindsay was born on 10 November 1879 in Springfield, Illinois, United States of America. He became a poet. Nicholas Vachel Lindsay passed on at 52 years of age on 5 December 1931 in Springfield, Illinois, United States of America.
Image shown: A Box Turtle, a type of semi-aquatic omnivore, often ranging from 13 to 15 centimeters (5 to 6 inches) from head to tail, and humorously described in the poem above as an animal that will eat anything it can catch.
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“No matter how little money or how few possessions you own, having a dog makes you rich.” -Louis Sabin
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If You Have a Dog
Thorns may hurt you,
Men desert you,
Sunlight turn to fog;
But you’re never
Friendless ever,
If you have a dog.
By Douglas Malloch (Douglas Malloch, Senior (1877 - 1938))
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“The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.” -Samuel Butler (also known as Samuel Butler the Younger (1835 - 1902)): “The Note-Books of Samuel Butler” (1912), Part XIV: ‘Higgledy-Piggledy: Dogs’
Examples of the hundreds of different types of dogs include Beagles, Bloodhounds, Border Collies, Chihuahuas, Cocker Spaniels, German Shepherds, Golden Retrievers, Great Danes, Greyhounds, Irish Setters, Labradors, Mutts, and Saint Bernards.
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“The dog has got more fun out of Man than Man has got out of the dog, for the clearly demonstrable reason that Man is the more laughable of the two animals.” -James Thurber (1894 - 1961)
Astoria: Why do dogs not like to travel on airplanes?
Star: They get jet-wag.
“In order to really enjoy a dog, one doesn’t merely try to train him to be semi-human. The point of it is to open oneself to the possibility of becoming partly a dog.” -Edward Hoagland (born 1932): “Dogs and the Tug of Life”
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Paul
There once was a young man named Paul
Who went to a fancy dress ball;
He thought he would risk it,
And go as a biscuit,
But the dog ate him up in the hall!
By Author Unknown
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Overheard: I feel sorry for people who do not have dogs. I hear they have to pick up their own food if they drop it on the floor.
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Domestic dogs are omnivores, meaning that they eat a variety of foods, including meats, grains, and vegetables.
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Allie: What are dog houses made of?
Ellie: Mutterial.
“If your dog is fat, you’re not getting enough exercise!” -Author Unknown
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Thaddeus: What does a dog have on top of his house?
Tad: A woof!
Dogs see in three basic colors: blue, yellow, and gray. They do not see red and green as humans do, but instead see red and green as shades of gray or brown, brown being a combination of blue and yellow. This is not a problem for dogs, however, as they only need to see the colors necessary for them to survive in their world. Dogs can readily see their prey to hunt and kill it, but they do not need to be able to tell a red ripe tomato or apple from an unripe green tomato or apple because their close wolf ancestors are not dependent on having fruit in their diets. Dogs can see better in low light than humans, and they can detect motion, or movement, better than humans can.
“Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.” -Roger Caras (Roger Andrew Caras (1928 - 2001))
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“If you don’t own a dog, at least one, there is not necessarily anything wrong with you, but there may be something wrong with your life.” -Roger Caras (Roger Andrew Caras (1928 - 2001)): “A Celebration of Dogs” (1982)
Jennifer: What goes tick-tock, woof-woof?
Frederick: A watchdog.
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If You Have a Dog
Thorns may hurt you,
Men desert you,
Sunlight turn to fog;
But you’re never
Friendless ever,
If you have a dog.
By Douglas Malloch (Douglas Malloch, Senior (1877 - 1938))
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“The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.” -Samuel Butler (also known as Samuel Butler the Younger (1835 - 1902)): “The Note-Books of Samuel Butler” (1912), Part XIV: ‘Higgledy-Piggledy: Dogs’
Examples of the hundreds of different types of dogs include Beagles, Bloodhounds, Border Collies, Chihuahuas, Cocker Spaniels, German Shepherds, Golden Retrievers, Great Danes, Greyhounds, Irish Setters, Labradors, Mutts, and Saint Bernards.
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“The dog has got more fun out of Man than Man has got out of the dog, for the clearly demonstrable reason that Man is the more laughable of the two animals.” -James Thurber (1894 - 1961)
Astoria: Why do dogs not like to travel on airplanes?
Star: They get jet-wag.
“In order to really enjoy a dog, one doesn’t merely try to train him to be semi-human. The point of it is to open oneself to the possibility of becoming partly a dog.” -Edward Hoagland (born 1932): “Dogs and the Tug of Life”
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Paul
There once was a young man named Paul
Who went to a fancy dress ball;
He thought he would risk it,
And go as a biscuit,
But the dog ate him up in the hall!
By Author Unknown
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Overheard: I feel sorry for people who do not have dogs. I hear they have to pick up their own food if they drop it on the floor.
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Domestic dogs are omnivores, meaning that they eat a variety of foods, including meats, grains, and vegetables.
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Allie: What are dog houses made of?
Ellie: Mutterial.
“If your dog is fat, you’re not getting enough exercise!” -Author Unknown
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Thaddeus: What does a dog have on top of his house?
Tad: A woof!
Dogs see in three basic colors: blue, yellow, and gray. They do not see red and green as humans do, but instead see red and green as shades of gray or brown, brown being a combination of blue and yellow. This is not a problem for dogs, however, as they only need to see the colors necessary for them to survive in their world. Dogs can readily see their prey to hunt and kill it, but they do not need to be able to tell a red ripe tomato or apple from an unripe green tomato or apple because their close wolf ancestors are not dependent on having fruit in their diets. Dogs can see better in low light than humans, and they can detect motion, or movement, better than humans can.
“Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.” -Roger Caras (Roger Andrew Caras (1928 - 2001))
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“If you don’t own a dog, at least one, there is not necessarily anything wrong with you, but there may be something wrong with your life.” -Roger Caras (Roger Andrew Caras (1928 - 2001)): “A Celebration of Dogs” (1982)
Jennifer: What goes tick-tock, woof-woof?
Frederick: A watchdog.
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“If you can’t decide between a Shepherd, a Setter, or a Poodle, get them all - adopt a mutt.” -Author Unknown: American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA)
“From the dog’s point of view, his master is an elongated and abnormally cunning dog.” -Mabel Louise Robinson (1874 - 1962)
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At the dog-show held at our local hospital fete, there were many handsome dogs with equally handsome owners. But my attention was drawn to a small mongrel and his owner, a boy of about eleven. For nearly an hour, the boy had been gently grooming and hugging his pet in turn. When his name was called the boy tenderly took the dog’s head into his cupped hands and looked at him with all the love a small boy could show. “Now you mustn’t be upset if you don’t win a prize,” he said, “you see, they don’t know you as well as I do.” -Author Unknown
Dogs hear both above and below humans on the sound frequency spectrum, and they can also pinpoint sound direction faster and hear sounds that are four times as far away as what humans are capable of hearing. Dogs can locate the source of a sound in 1/600th of a second, using the 18 muscles or more to position their ears for best sound reception.
“When dog food is new and improved tasting, who tests it?” -Author Unknown
“If the dogs are barking at your heels, you know you’re leading the pack.” -Author Unknown
“Dogs need to sniff the ground; it’s how they keep abreast of current events. The ground is a giant dog newspaper, containing all kinds of late-breaking dog news items, which, if they are especially urgent, are often continued in the next yard.” -Dave Barry (David McAlister Barry (born 1947))
Ned: Why does your dog keep turning around in circles?
Jed: He is a watchdog and he is winding himself up.
A man had seventy-two dogs in his house - until he finally found a doctor who cured him of whistling in his sleep.
Dogs have a remarkable sense of smell, and are capable of differentiating odors in concentrations nearly 100 million times lower than humans can. While humans have 5 million smell-detecting cells, dogs have more than 220 million. The part of the brain that interprets smell is also four times larger in dogs than in humans. Dogs have wet noses to collect more of the tiny odor particulates in the air.
“The reason dogs have so many friends is because they wag their tails and not their tongues.” -Author Unknown
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“Why was the dog laughing? Because he was gnawing on a funny bone.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
Just like their wolf ancestors, dogs in a pack are more likely to chase and hunt than a single dog on its own. Two dogs are enough to form a pack.
I am a pet that has four legs,
And a tail at the end.
You might hear me barking,
And I’m known as man’s best friend.
Who am I?
Solution: I am a dog.
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“Money may buy a fine dog but only kindness will make him wag his tail.” -Lyle Brown
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Eve: Why do dogs bark at criminals?
Evelyn: To give them a ruff time!
When meeting a strange dog, remember that the dog is likewise meeting a human stranger. Let the dog sniff the back of your closed hand, and do not show the dog your fingers - they are easier to bite!
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We think we might be on to something here: Remember when dogs were named Bowser and said, “Bow-wow”? Along came dogs with names such as Spot, who said, “Arf, arf.” Then dogs with names like Duke and King started saying, “Woof-woof.” Next came dogs named Killer who said, “Grrr-grrrrrr!” We think dogs were much nicer back when they said, “Bow-wow.” How about you?
“The average dog is a nicer person than the average person.” -Andy Rooney (Andrew Aitken ‘Andy’ Rooney (1919 - 2011))
“Dachshund, a dog and a half long and a half a dog high.” -Author Unknown: as quoted in Herbert V. Prochnow and Herbert V. Prochnow, Junior, editors: “A Treasury of Humorous Quotations” (1969)
Dan: Does your dog like children and the elderly?
Stan: Yes, but he prefers dog food!
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“From the dog’s point of view, his master is an elongated and abnormally cunning dog.” -Mabel Louise Robinson (1874 - 1962)
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At the dog-show held at our local hospital fete, there were many handsome dogs with equally handsome owners. But my attention was drawn to a small mongrel and his owner, a boy of about eleven. For nearly an hour, the boy had been gently grooming and hugging his pet in turn. When his name was called the boy tenderly took the dog’s head into his cupped hands and looked at him with all the love a small boy could show. “Now you mustn’t be upset if you don’t win a prize,” he said, “you see, they don’t know you as well as I do.” -Author Unknown
Dogs hear both above and below humans on the sound frequency spectrum, and they can also pinpoint sound direction faster and hear sounds that are four times as far away as what humans are capable of hearing. Dogs can locate the source of a sound in 1/600th of a second, using the 18 muscles or more to position their ears for best sound reception.
“When dog food is new and improved tasting, who tests it?” -Author Unknown
“If the dogs are barking at your heels, you know you’re leading the pack.” -Author Unknown
“Dogs need to sniff the ground; it’s how they keep abreast of current events. The ground is a giant dog newspaper, containing all kinds of late-breaking dog news items, which, if they are especially urgent, are often continued in the next yard.” -Dave Barry (David McAlister Barry (born 1947))
Ned: Why does your dog keep turning around in circles?
Jed: He is a watchdog and he is winding himself up.
A man had seventy-two dogs in his house - until he finally found a doctor who cured him of whistling in his sleep.
Dogs have a remarkable sense of smell, and are capable of differentiating odors in concentrations nearly 100 million times lower than humans can. While humans have 5 million smell-detecting cells, dogs have more than 220 million. The part of the brain that interprets smell is also four times larger in dogs than in humans. Dogs have wet noses to collect more of the tiny odor particulates in the air.
“The reason dogs have so many friends is because they wag their tails and not their tongues.” -Author Unknown
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“Why was the dog laughing? Because he was gnawing on a funny bone.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
Just like their wolf ancestors, dogs in a pack are more likely to chase and hunt than a single dog on its own. Two dogs are enough to form a pack.
I am a pet that has four legs,
And a tail at the end.
You might hear me barking,
And I’m known as man’s best friend.
Who am I?
Solution: I am a dog.
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“Money may buy a fine dog but only kindness will make him wag his tail.” -Lyle Brown
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Eve: Why do dogs bark at criminals?
Evelyn: To give them a ruff time!
When meeting a strange dog, remember that the dog is likewise meeting a human stranger. Let the dog sniff the back of your closed hand, and do not show the dog your fingers - they are easier to bite!
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We think we might be on to something here: Remember when dogs were named Bowser and said, “Bow-wow”? Along came dogs with names such as Spot, who said, “Arf, arf.” Then dogs with names like Duke and King started saying, “Woof-woof.” Next came dogs named Killer who said, “Grrr-grrrrrr!” We think dogs were much nicer back when they said, “Bow-wow.” How about you?
“The average dog is a nicer person than the average person.” -Andy Rooney (Andrew Aitken ‘Andy’ Rooney (1919 - 2011))
“Dachshund, a dog and a half long and a half a dog high.” -Author Unknown: as quoted in Herbert V. Prochnow and Herbert V. Prochnow, Junior, editors: “A Treasury of Humorous Quotations” (1969)
Dan: Does your dog like children and the elderly?
Stan: Yes, but he prefers dog food!
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“A dog is one of the remaining reasons why some people can be persuaded to go for a walk.” -O. A. Battista (Orlando Aloysius Battista (1917 - 1995))
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Sheila: Why does a dog wag his tail?
Shelby: Because no one will wag it for him.
In 2003, Doctor Roger Mugford invented the ‘wagometer,’ a device he claims can interpret a dog’s exact mood by measuring the wag of its tail.
“Dogs laugh, but they laugh with their tails.” -Max Eastman (Max Forrester Eastman (1883 - 1969)): “Enjoyment of Laughter” (1936)
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“The reason a dog has so many friends is that he wags his tail instead of his tongue.” -Author Unknown
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Basenjis are the only non-barking domestic dogs. They yodel instead, and are known to mimic the sounds of police car, firetruck, and ambulance sirens.
Danny: What is the quietest kind of a dog?
Denny: A hush puppy.
“Dear God, please help me to be as good a person as my dog thinks I am.” -Author Unknown
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First Dog: Ruff, ruff! My name is “Bad Dog, Bad Dog!” What is your name?
Second Dog: Arf! My name is “Down, Boy!”
“He is your friend, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion.” -Author Unknown
Imagine a parallel dimension in which it is the dog that takes you for a walk, where you lie on the rug and the dog is on the couch, where dog food looks and smells better than your food - what, you say that is the universe in which you already live?
“A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just as hungry as the dog.” -Jack London (pseudonym of John Griffith Chaney (1876 - 1916))
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Chase: Why are dogs like phones?
Chad: Because they have collar I.D.’s!
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“My dog understands perfectly everything I say to him. I am the one who does not understand.” -V. Furbish Lousewart
One in three dog owners say they have talked to their pets on the phone.
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Enormous and Shaggy
There was a wee lassie called Maggie,
Whose dog was enormous and shaggy;
The front end of him
Looked vicious and grim . . .
But the tail end was friendly and waggy!
By Author Unknown
“One minute in a dog’s life is like seven minutes in your life. That’s why your dog seems so impatient when wanting to go out for a walk.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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“I hate a fellow whom pride or cowardice or laziness drives into a corner, and who does nothing when he is there but sit and growl. Let him come out as I do, and bark.” -Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784): as quoted in Mrs. Piozzi: “Anecdotes of Samuel Johnson” (1786), page 252
“My dog is worried about the economy because Alpo is up to 99 cents a can. That’s almost $7.00 in dog money.” -Joe Weinstein
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Giles: What’s fast, furry, and goes, “Foow, foow”?
Gail: A dog chasing a car that’s going in reverse.
So, you are a dog and you chase cars - what exactly are your plans if you ever catch one?
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Sheila: Why does a dog wag his tail?
Shelby: Because no one will wag it for him.
In 2003, Doctor Roger Mugford invented the ‘wagometer,’ a device he claims can interpret a dog’s exact mood by measuring the wag of its tail.
“Dogs laugh, but they laugh with their tails.” -Max Eastman (Max Forrester Eastman (1883 - 1969)): “Enjoyment of Laughter” (1936)
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“The reason a dog has so many friends is that he wags his tail instead of his tongue.” -Author Unknown
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Basenjis are the only non-barking domestic dogs. They yodel instead, and are known to mimic the sounds of police car, firetruck, and ambulance sirens.
Danny: What is the quietest kind of a dog?
Denny: A hush puppy.
“Dear God, please help me to be as good a person as my dog thinks I am.” -Author Unknown
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First Dog: Ruff, ruff! My name is “Bad Dog, Bad Dog!” What is your name?
Second Dog: Arf! My name is “Down, Boy!”
“He is your friend, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion.” -Author Unknown
Imagine a parallel dimension in which it is the dog that takes you for a walk, where you lie on the rug and the dog is on the couch, where dog food looks and smells better than your food - what, you say that is the universe in which you already live?
“A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just as hungry as the dog.” -Jack London (pseudonym of John Griffith Chaney (1876 - 1916))
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Chase: Why are dogs like phones?
Chad: Because they have collar I.D.’s!
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“My dog understands perfectly everything I say to him. I am the one who does not understand.” -V. Furbish Lousewart
One in three dog owners say they have talked to their pets on the phone.
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Enormous and Shaggy
There was a wee lassie called Maggie,
Whose dog was enormous and shaggy;
The front end of him
Looked vicious and grim . . .
But the tail end was friendly and waggy!
By Author Unknown
“One minute in a dog’s life is like seven minutes in your life. That’s why your dog seems so impatient when wanting to go out for a walk.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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“I hate a fellow whom pride or cowardice or laziness drives into a corner, and who does nothing when he is there but sit and growl. Let him come out as I do, and bark.” -Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784): as quoted in Mrs. Piozzi: “Anecdotes of Samuel Johnson” (1786), page 252
“My dog is worried about the economy because Alpo is up to 99 cents a can. That’s almost $7.00 in dog money.” -Joe Weinstein
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Giles: What’s fast, furry, and goes, “Foow, foow”?
Gail: A dog chasing a car that’s going in reverse.
So, you are a dog and you chase cars - what exactly are your plans if you ever catch one?
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All dogs can be traced back to a weasel-like animal called the Miacis that lived in trees and dens about 40 million years ago. The Miacis later evolved into the Tomarctus, a direct forbear of the genus Canis, which includes wolves and jackals. The first dogs were self-domesticated wolves that hung around the earliest permanent human settlements, 12,000 or more years ago. The first identifiable dog breed appeared in about 9000 B.C.E., and seems to have been a type of Greyhound dog used for hunting. The domestic dog has been one of the most popular animals throughout human history. Dogs have formed such a strong bond as pets, workers, and companions to humans that they have earned the nickname, ‘Man’s best friend.’
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“A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down.” -Robert Benchley (Robert Charles Benchley (1889 - 1945))
Why do dogs sometimes turn around several times before taking a nap? Domesticated dogs, being descendants of wild dogs, retain some wild dog instincts. Wild dogs typically live in the forest or in the brush, and often have to trample down grass and weeds to make a comfortable place to lie down. They do this by walking around and around in tight circles. It is speculated remnants of this instinct account for a domesticated dog’s tendency to turn around a few times before taking a nap.
Leon: Why was the puppy so well-behaved in class?
Noelle: He wanted to be the teacher’s pet.
Crystal: In which month do dogs bark the least?
Amber: February, because with 28 days, it is the shortest month.
A man answered his doorbell and a friend walked in, followed by a very large dog. As they began talking, the dog knocked over a lamp, jumped up on the sofa with his muddy paws, and began chewing on one of the pillows. The outraged householder, unable to contain himself any longer, burst out, “Don’t you think you should train your dog better?” “My dog!” exclaimed the friend in surprise. “I thought it was your dog.”
Caleb: Why is a dog so hot in the summer?
Kyle: Because it wears a coat and pants.
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Leash: The strap attached to a dog’s collar, enabling it to lead its person.
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“Dogs are our link to paradise. They don’t know evil or jealousy or discontent. To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring - it was peace.” -Milan Kundera (born 1929): as quoted in Doug Gelbert: “The Canine Hiker’s Bible” (2000), page 8
Ernest: How do you get a dog to stop barking in the front seat?
Nestor: Put him in the back seat.
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“A dog has the soul of a philosopher.” -Plato (about 427 B.C.E. - about 347 B.C.E.)
Perth: Why do dogs run in circles?
Bertha: Because it is too hard to run in squares!
“No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does.” -Christopher Morley (Christopher Darlington Morley (1890 - 1957))
Maggie: How do you know when you have a slow dog?
Mollie: He brings you yesterday’s newspaper.
In dog language, ‘leather shoe’ means ‘chew toy.’
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Aggie: Why did the dog stay in the shade?
Agatha: Because he didn’t want to turn into a hotdog!
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“To err is human, to forgive canine.” -Author Unknown
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I’ve Got a Dog
I’ve got a dog as thin as a rail,
He’s got fleas all over his tail;
Every time his tail goes flop,
The fleas on the bottom all hop to the top.
By Author Unknown
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“I once had a dog who really believed he was man’s best friend. He kept borrowing money from me.” -Gene Perret (Gene Richard Perret (born 1937))
If you think that it is you who ‘owns’ your dog, just answer this question: Which one of you leads when you go out for a walk together?
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Darla: Why do dogs not make good dancers?
Darlene: Because they have two left feet.
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“Why don’t we call domestic dogs ‘domestic wolves’?” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
Question: Who delivers Christmas presents to dogs?
Answer: Santa Paws.
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The Ambiguous Dog
The dog beneath the Cherry-tree
Has ways that sorely puzzle me:
Behind, he wags a friendly tail;
Before, his Growl would turn you pale!
His meaning isn’t wholly clear -
Oh, is the Wag or Growl sincere?
I think I’d better not descend -
His Bite is at the Growly End.
By Arthur Guiterman (1871 - 1943)
“If you think dogs can’t count, try putting three dog biscuits in your pocket and then give Fido only two of them.” -Phil Pastoret
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“We give dogs time we can spare, space we can spare, and love we can spare. In return, dogs give us their all. It’s the best deal man has ever made.” -Margery Facklam (Margery Anne Facklam (1927 - 2015))
We are MFOL! . . . wishing you a tail-wagging good day!
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“A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down.” -Robert Benchley (Robert Charles Benchley (1889 - 1945))
Why do dogs sometimes turn around several times before taking a nap? Domesticated dogs, being descendants of wild dogs, retain some wild dog instincts. Wild dogs typically live in the forest or in the brush, and often have to trample down grass and weeds to make a comfortable place to lie down. They do this by walking around and around in tight circles. It is speculated remnants of this instinct account for a domesticated dog’s tendency to turn around a few times before taking a nap.
Leon: Why was the puppy so well-behaved in class?
Noelle: He wanted to be the teacher’s pet.
Crystal: In which month do dogs bark the least?
Amber: February, because with 28 days, it is the shortest month.
A man answered his doorbell and a friend walked in, followed by a very large dog. As they began talking, the dog knocked over a lamp, jumped up on the sofa with his muddy paws, and began chewing on one of the pillows. The outraged householder, unable to contain himself any longer, burst out, “Don’t you think you should train your dog better?” “My dog!” exclaimed the friend in surprise. “I thought it was your dog.”
Caleb: Why is a dog so hot in the summer?
Kyle: Because it wears a coat and pants.
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Leash: The strap attached to a dog’s collar, enabling it to lead its person.
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“Dogs are our link to paradise. They don’t know evil or jealousy or discontent. To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring - it was peace.” -Milan Kundera (born 1929): as quoted in Doug Gelbert: “The Canine Hiker’s Bible” (2000), page 8
Ernest: How do you get a dog to stop barking in the front seat?
Nestor: Put him in the back seat.
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“A dog has the soul of a philosopher.” -Plato (about 427 B.C.E. - about 347 B.C.E.)
Perth: Why do dogs run in circles?
Bertha: Because it is too hard to run in squares!
“No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does.” -Christopher Morley (Christopher Darlington Morley (1890 - 1957))
Maggie: How do you know when you have a slow dog?
Mollie: He brings you yesterday’s newspaper.
In dog language, ‘leather shoe’ means ‘chew toy.’
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Aggie: Why did the dog stay in the shade?
Agatha: Because he didn’t want to turn into a hotdog!
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“To err is human, to forgive canine.” -Author Unknown
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I’ve Got a Dog
I’ve got a dog as thin as a rail,
He’s got fleas all over his tail;
Every time his tail goes flop,
The fleas on the bottom all hop to the top.
By Author Unknown
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“I once had a dog who really believed he was man’s best friend. He kept borrowing money from me.” -Gene Perret (Gene Richard Perret (born 1937))
If you think that it is you who ‘owns’ your dog, just answer this question: Which one of you leads when you go out for a walk together?
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Darla: Why do dogs not make good dancers?
Darlene: Because they have two left feet.
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“Why don’t we call domestic dogs ‘domestic wolves’?” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
Question: Who delivers Christmas presents to dogs?
Answer: Santa Paws.
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The Ambiguous Dog
The dog beneath the Cherry-tree
Has ways that sorely puzzle me:
Behind, he wags a friendly tail;
Before, his Growl would turn you pale!
His meaning isn’t wholly clear -
Oh, is the Wag or Growl sincere?
I think I’d better not descend -
His Bite is at the Growly End.
By Arthur Guiterman (1871 - 1943)
“If you think dogs can’t count, try putting three dog biscuits in your pocket and then give Fido only two of them.” -Phil Pastoret
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“We give dogs time we can spare, space we can spare, and love we can spare. In return, dogs give us their all. It’s the best deal man has ever made.” -Margery Facklam (Margery Anne Facklam (1927 - 2015))
We are MFOL! . . . wishing you a tail-wagging good day!
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The Early Owl
An owl once lived in a hollow tree,
And he was as wise as wise could be.
The branch of learning he didn’t know
Could scarce on the tree of knowledge grow,
He knew the tree from branch to root,
And an owl like that can afford to hoot.
And he hooted - until, alas! one day,
He chanced to hear, in a casual way,
An insignificant little bird
Make use of a term he had never heard.
He was flying to bed in the dawning light
When he heard her singing with all her might,
“Hurray! hurray! for the early worm!”
“Dear me,” said the owl, “what a singular term!
I would look it up if it weren’t so late,
I must rise at dusk to investigate.
Early to bed and early to rise
Makes an owl healthy, and stealthy, and wise!”
So he slept like an honest owl all day,
And rose in the early twilight gray,
And went to work in the dusky light
To look for the early worm at night.
He searched the country for miles around,
But the early worm was not to be found;
So he went to bed in the dawning light
And looked for the “worm” again next night.
And again and again, and again and again,
He sought and he sought, but all in vain,
Till he must have looked for a year and a day
For the early worm in the twilight gray.
At last in despair he gave up the search,
And was heard to remark as he sat on his perch
By the side of his nest in the hollow tree:
“The thing is as plain as night to me -
Nothing can shake my conviction firm.
There’s no such thing as the early worm.”
By Oliver Herford
Oliver Herford was born on 2 December 1860 in Sheffield, England. He was married to Margaret Regan on 26 May 1904 in New York City. He became a humorist, an illustrator, and a writer of light verse. Oliver Herford passed on at 74 years of age on 5 July 1935 in New York City, New York, United States of America.
An owl once lived in a hollow tree,
And he was as wise as wise could be.
The branch of learning he didn’t know
Could scarce on the tree of knowledge grow,
He knew the tree from branch to root,
And an owl like that can afford to hoot.
And he hooted - until, alas! one day,
He chanced to hear, in a casual way,
An insignificant little bird
Make use of a term he had never heard.
He was flying to bed in the dawning light
When he heard her singing with all her might,
“Hurray! hurray! for the early worm!”
“Dear me,” said the owl, “what a singular term!
I would look it up if it weren’t so late,
I must rise at dusk to investigate.
Early to bed and early to rise
Makes an owl healthy, and stealthy, and wise!”
So he slept like an honest owl all day,
And rose in the early twilight gray,
And went to work in the dusky light
To look for the early worm at night.
He searched the country for miles around,
But the early worm was not to be found;
So he went to bed in the dawning light
And looked for the “worm” again next night.
And again and again, and again and again,
He sought and he sought, but all in vain,
Till he must have looked for a year and a day
For the early worm in the twilight gray.
At last in despair he gave up the search,
And was heard to remark as he sat on his perch
By the side of his nest in the hollow tree:
“The thing is as plain as night to me -
Nothing can shake my conviction firm.
There’s no such thing as the early worm.”
By Oliver Herford
Oliver Herford was born on 2 December 1860 in Sheffield, England. He was married to Margaret Regan on 26 May 1904 in New York City. He became a humorist, an illustrator, and a writer of light verse. Oliver Herford passed on at 74 years of age on 5 July 1935 in New York City, New York, United States of America.
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If I Were A Bird
If I were a bird, I’d sing a song
And fly about the whole day long,
And when the night came,
Go to rest, up in my cozy little nest.
By Author Unknown
If I were a bird, I’d sing a song
And fly about the whole day long,
And when the night came,
Go to rest, up in my cozy little nest.
By Author Unknown
