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GOOD HUNTING by BURGES JOHNSON

First Line: TABLE-LEG JUNGLE IS DARK AND STILL
Last Line: AND I'LL MAKE HIM INTO A TEDDY-STEW.
Subject(s): CHILDREN; IMAGINATION; CHILDHOOD; FANCY;

Table-leg Jungle is dark and still,
There's snakes in the Carpet Glade,
And lions and tigers on Sofa Hill,
But I'm never a bit afraid.
My dog, I know, is a trusty brute,
And I've got a gun that'll really shoot.

Once there was Indians under the bed,
But I hunted 'em all away;
There's elephants hiding there now instead—
They're perfectly safe to-day,
'Cause I'm near the cavern of Easy-Chair,
And I scent the track of a Teddy Bear!

If I was like nurse or like baby Sis,
What never has fired a gun,
I guess I would n't be brave as this!
They'd both of 'em cry and run.
But I'll stalk him down and I'll shoot him through,
And I'll make him into a Teddy-stew.



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