The Bad Child's Book of Beasts by  Hilaire Belloc
Table of Contents
Introduction
The Yak
The Polar Bear
The Lion
The Tiger
The Dromedary
The Whale
The Camel
The Hippopotamus
The Dodo
The Marmozet
The Camelopard
The Learned Fish
The Elephant
The Big Baboon
The Rhinoceros
The Frog

The Dodo


[Illustration]

The Dodo used to walk around,

And take the sun and air.


[Illustration]

The Sun yet warms his native ground—

The Dodo is not there!


[Illustration]

The voice which used to squawk and squeak

Is now for ever dumb—


[Illustration]

Yet may you see his bones and beak

All in the Mu-se-um.


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