The Elephant's Trunk

An elephant and kangaroo
Sailed out across the ocean blue
Across ten leagues and then a mile
They landed on a tropic isle

They met a tribe of Zoe-bu-lay
And asked them to come out and play
They frolicked all about in fun
As ‘round the island they did run

They played a game of hide-n-seek
The Zoe-bu-lay, they tried to peek
The kangaroo got in a crouch
So it could hide inside its pouch

The elephant was in a funk
And so he hid inside his trunk
The Zoe-bu-lay looked high and low
And wondered where the two did go

They couldn’t find a hide or hair
Of either of the hidden pair
So finally the game did end
The kangaroo looked for his friend

He found the trunk and then he knocked
But sadly found the trunk was locked
The elephant was very blue
“Oh dear, oh dear what shall I do!”

The kangaroo thought for a while
His face then broke into a smile
He found a little friendly skunk
And placed it there beside the trunk

The odor there became so foul
The elephant let out a howl
He struggled so inside his snout
He finally turned it inside out

And that is why it’s known so well
The elephant’s trunk started to smell
The reason that I’ve come to know
The kangaroo he told me so