Animal crackers and cocoa to drink, <br />That is the finest of suppers I think; <br />When I'm grown up and can have what I please <br />I think I shall always insist upon these. <br />What do YOU choose when you're offered a treat? <br />When Mother says, 'What would you like best to eat?' <br />Is it waffles and syrup, or cinnamon toast? <br />It's cocoa and animals that I love most! <br /> <br />The kitchen's the cosiest place that I know; <br />The kettle is singing, the stove is aglow, <br />And there in the twilight, how jolly to see <br />The cocoa and animals waiting for me. <br /> <br />Daddy and Mother dine later in state, <br />With Mary to cook for them, Susan to wait; <br />But they don't have nearly as much fun as I <br />Who eat in the kitchen with Nurse standing by; <br />And Daddy once said, he would like to be me <br />Having cocoa and animals once more for tea.<br /><br />Christopher Morley<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/animal-crackers-2/
