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THE AMBITIOUS KANGAROO, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: They held a great meeting a king to select
Last Line: "in our choice of a king, to make leaping the test!"
Subject(s): Kangaroos


They held a great meeting a king to select,
And the kangaroo rose in a dignified way,
And said, "I'm the one you should surely elect,
For I can out-leap every beast here to day."
Said the eagle, "How high can you climb toward the sky?"
Said the nightingale, "Favor us, please, with a song."
Said the hawk, "Let us measure our powers of eye!"
Said the lion, "Come, wrestle, and prove you are strong!"
But the kangaroo said, "It would surely be best,
In our choice of a king, to make leaping the test!"





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