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| If ever you should go by chance | |
| To jungles in the east; | |
| And if there should to you advance | |
| A large and tawny beast, | |
| If he roars at you as you’re dyin’ | |
| You’ll know it is the Asian Lion... |
| Or if some time when roaming round, | |
| A noble wild beast greets you, | |
| With black stripes on a yellow ground, | |
| Just notice if he eats you. | |
| This simple rule may help you learn | |
| The Bengal Tiger to discern. |
| If strolling forth, a beast you view, | |
| Whose hide with spots is peppered, | |
| As soon as he has lept on you, | |
| You’ll know it is the Leopard. | |
| ’Twill do no good to roar with pain, | |
| He’ll only lep and lep again. |
| If when you’re walking round your yard | |
| You meet a creature there, | |
| Who hugs you very, very hard, | |
| Be sure it is a Bear. | |
| If you have any doubts, I guess | |
| He’ll give you just one more caress. |
| Though to distinguish beasts of prey | |
| A novice might nonplus, | |
| The Crocodile you always may | |
| Tell from the Hyena thus: | |
| Hyenas come with merry smiles; | |
| But if they weep they’re Crocodiles. |
| The true Chameleon is small, | |
| A lizard sort of thing; | |
| He hasn’t any ears at all, | |
| And not a single wing. | |
| If there is nothing on the tree, | |
| ’Tis the chameleon you see. |
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