Animal Rap and Far-Out Fables

By Gwen Molnar

What do you do with elephants escaped from the zoo, or whales swimming loops around in your soup? Gwen Molnar answers these and other puzzling questions in a rollicking collection of readable, singable poems.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Dundurn
• Release date: Sep 16, 1995
• ISBN: 9781554884933

Gwen Molnar

Gwen Molnar is a poet, painter, and writer of children's fiction, including Hate Cell, the first Casey Templeton Mystery, three poetry collections for children, as well as many other books. Her family memoir, At Home in Old Strathcona, will be published in 2014. She lives in Edmonton, Alberta.

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Animal Rap

When you’re animal rappin’

First your toes start a’tappin’

And the rhythm gets under your skin

And your heart starts a’pumpin’

And your joints start a’jumpin’

And your face wears a gratified grin.

’Cause the rhyme really gets you

And the beat really lets you

Improvise any way that you choose,

For there’s bear rap and cat rap

And duck rap and rat rap

And rap about moose and gnus;

And there’s horse rap and hawk rap

And ape rap and auk rap

And rap about turkeys and dogs;

And there’s worm rap and wren wrap

And hare rap and hen rap

And rap about lizards and frogs.

When you’re animal rappin’

You can make a lot happen

Of a sort that is hard to explain,

And if they say to quit it

You can try, but admit it

You know you’ll soon be rappin’ again.

Big Ones

My most elaborate elephant

Wears bangles by the