The rain came down for forty days, <br />as God had said it would. <br />So Noah built a little ship <br />Of fibre glass and wood. <br /> <br />He called out to the animals <br />and welcomed them aboard, <br />except for the duck billed dongeree-doo <br />(For somebody said he snored) <br /> <br />The water rose in massive waves, <br />the skies were dark and grey. <br />The torrents seized the little ship <br />and carried it away. <br /> <br />The people left upon the shore <br />began to wail and weep, <br />except for the duck billed dongeree-doo, <br />for he was fast asleep. <br /> <br />The maelstrom wreaked its havoc, <br />all of the people drowned. <br />Even the duck billed dongeree-doo, <br />who died without a sound. <br /> <br />Then when the flood was over, <br />the ark was safe and dry. <br />All of the animals landed, <br />then one began to cry. <br /> <br />So Noah said, quite crossly, <br />'What on earth is the matter with you? ' <br />and the creature said in a tearful voice, <br />'I'm a duck billed dongeree-doo! <br /> <br />There's nobody left to love me, <br />no one to call my own. <br />I must live on in solitude, <br />spending my life alone.' <br /> <br />Which is why, my dear children, <br />if you ever go down to the zoo, <br />it's so sad I fear, but you'll never hear <br />of a duck billed dongeree-doo.<br /><br />Thomas Vaughan Jones<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-beastly-affair/
