Our Zoo

I don’t know which I like the best,

     My dog or pussy cat;

My rabbit or my pony or

     My little pet white rat.

I have a bantam rooster and

     Some hens and chickens, too;

Sometimes papa he tells mama

     I have a reg’lar zoo.

And that he wishes I would give

     More’n half of it away;

But goodness me; I don’t know which

     I’d rather keep, and say,

I asked papa himself to pick

     Them out, and what do you

Suppose he said? “O well, I guess

     We won’t reduce the zoo.”

Aug. 22, ‘06