Young Miss Rhinoceros gave a beach party;
She greeted her friends with a welcome most hearty. 
They laughed and they joked and they swam in the sea,
And the party was gay, as a party should be.

She comes from Spain, this proud, proud Dame,
Mistress Merino is her name. 
Her wool weaves into dress goods rare,
Her skin makes gloves the ladies wear.

Merry guinea pigs one day
Went out in the fields to play. 
Daisy smiled and wished that they
Would never, never go away.

Here is a Sister Piggy and a Brother Piggy, too,
The story they are telling here would not apply to you,
For selfish little sisters who make their brothers cry
Do not belong in houses but with piggies in the sty.

Now here’s a little lady who seems a wee bit shy,
Or is it that a teardrop is trembling in her eye? 
Well, I am sure that you or I would make an awful fuss
If we should have to have her name—­“Miss Hippopotamus.”

In animal land, as everywhere, there lives a Mr. Boar
Who never is contented unless he holds the floor;
His fellows all may frown at him but he cannot refrain
From pushing into everything—­he’s so selfish and so vain.

Mother and father and little Miss Bear
Went out for a walk and a bit of fresh air,
Not through the dark woods (the old tale to repeat)
But in their best clothes, right down the front street.

When little Miss Polar Bear goes out to skate,
She never is bothered by having to wait
Until mother wraps her all snugly in fur,
For those are the clothes that she carries with her!

Just look about and see if you
Can find a friend who’s quite as true
As this old Doggie that you see
A-smiling here at you and me.

I’m just a little Puppy and good as good can be,
And why they call me naughty, I’m sure I cannot see,
I’ve only carried off one shoe and torn the baby’s hat
And chased the ducks and spilled the milk—­there’s nothing bad in that!

The mandrill looks so very queer
I’m glad he lives way off from here;
He’s purple, blue, red, black and brown,
I’m sure he is the jungle clown.

The baby gorilla, of the family called Ape,
Is very like you in size and in shape,
But he lives in the jungle with black hair for clothes
And he gets very naughty the older he grows.

This cute little brother and sister you see
Seated cosily high on the limb of a tree
Are the Marmoset twins, whose appealing round eyes
Look from flower-like faces in wond’ring surprise.

“I’ve climbed up here to smile at you and, oh, what do you think? 
I’ve scattered master’s papers and upset all of his ink,
But then if little Monkeys always were so very good
They’d not be little monkeys who just can’t act as they should.”

He is so very lazy that he is even loath
To walk upon his own feet—­this funny boy named Sloth. 
He swings upon the branches from morning until night,
And eats the leaves about him with laziest delight.