Ernest was an elephant, a great big fellow, <br />Leonard was a lion with a six foot tail, <br />George was a goat, and his beard was yellow, <br />And James was a very small snail. <br /> <br />Leonard had a stall, and a great big strong one, <br />Earnest had a manger, and its walls were thick, <br />George found a pen, but I think it was the wrong one, <br />And James sat down on a brick <br /> <br />Earnest started trumpeting, and cracked his manger, <br />Leonard started roaring, and shivered his stall, <br />James gave a huffle of a snail in danger <br />And nobody heard him at all. <br /> <br />Earnest started trumpeting and raised such a rumpus, <br />Leonard started roaring and trying to kick, <br />James went on a journey with the goats new compass <br />And he reached the end of his brick. <br /> <br />Ernest was an elephant and very well intentioned, <br />Leonard was a lion with a brave new tail, <br />George was a goat, as I think I have mentioned, <br />but James was only a snail.<br /><br />Alan Alexander Milne<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-four-friends/
