Monkey Chatter

[crocodilewings]

The tiger, it knew of a monkey
And the monkey, it knew of a snake
Which had heard, from a shrew
Of a tale which it knew
From a leopard which lived by a lake

For the leopard, it relished the telling
Of this story it couldn't forget
Which it swore that it heard
From the Paradise Bird
In whose pranks it would sometimes abet

See, the bird, while engaged in some antics
Or some capers of mischievous bent
Saw some zebras aground
That were horsing around
At the news of a funny event

The event they had heard of from termites
Who'd been told by a friendly baboon
Who had gossiped away
On a hot sunny day
With some crocodiles in the lagoon

Now the crocodiles knew some hyenas
Who had cornered a boar by a tree
But before things got gory
The boar told a story
In hope that they'd let it go free

And the story begain with a tiger
Being told by his simian friend
Of a tale which it knew
In which larks would ensue
But it couldn't remember the end