Sunday, May 3, 2009

Animals in the Jungle (Started from a prompt by Taylor Mali)

One day when I was a kid, I owned a stuffed animal,
a large light brown dog with floppy ears and bulging beaded black eyes.
His place was next to the skinny white elephant who always wore the
same light blue flowered dress.
She sat next to the twin monkeys with their silky black fur and their
matching red and white striped shorts.
Next to the monkeys sat the great polar bear with its ivory colored coat
like the tusk of an elephant.
The kangaroo was next in line, sporting her pointed ears
as one would wear a pair of sunglasses.
One day, the dog fell off the ledge.

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