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| * <b>Author:</b> [[Shel Silverstein]]
| | #REDIRECT [[Text "The unicorn" (Shel Silverstein)]] |
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| From the book <i>Where the sidewalk ends</i> (1974).
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| ==Text==
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| : A long time ago, when the earth was green
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| : and there was more kinds of animals than you've ever seen,
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| : and they run around free while the world was bein' born,
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| : and the lovliest of all was the Unicorn.
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| : There was green alligators and long-neck geese.
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| : There was humpy bumpy camels and chimpanzees.
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| : There was catsandratsandelephants, but sure as you're born
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| : the lovliest of all was the Unicorn.
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| : But the Lord seen some sinnin', and it caused him pain.
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| : He says, "Stand back, I'm gonna make it rain."
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| : He says, "Hey Brother Noah, I'll tell ya whatcha do.
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| : Go and build me a floatin' zoo.
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| : And you take two alligators and a couple of geese,
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| : two humpy bumpy camels and two chimpanzees.
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| : Take two catsandratsandelephants, but sure as you're born,
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| : Noah, don't you forget my Unicorn."
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| : Now Noah was there, he answered the callin'
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| : and he finished up the ark just as the rain was fallin'.
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| : He marched in the animals two by two,
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| : and he called out as they went through,
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| : "Hey Lord, I got your two alligators and your couple of geese,
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| : your humpy bumpy camels and your chimpanzees.
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| : Got your catsandratsandelephants - but Lord, I'm so forlorn
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| : 'cause I just don't see no Unicorn."
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| : Ol' Noah looked out through the drivin' rain
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| : but the Unicorns were hidin', playin' silly games.
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| : They were kickin' and splashin' in the misty morn,
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| : oh them silly Unicorn.
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| : The the goat started goatin', and the snake started snakin',
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| : the elephant started elephantin', and the boat started shaking'.
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| : The mouse started squeakin', and the lion started roarin',
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| : and everyone's abourd but the Unicorn.
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| : I mean the green alligators and the long-neck geese,
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| : the humpy bumpy camels and the chimpanzees.
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| : Noah cried, "Close the door 'cause the rain is pourin' -
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| : and we just can't wait for them Unicorn."
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| : Then the ark started movin', and it drifted with the tide,
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| : and the Unicorns looked up from the rock and cried.
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| : And the water come up and sort of floated them away -
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| : that's why you've never seen a Unicorn to this day.
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| : You'll see a lot of alligators and a whole mess of geese.
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| : You'll see humpy bumpy camels and lots of chimpanzees.
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| : You'll see catsandratsandelephants, but sure as you're born
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| : you're never gonna see no Unicorn
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| [[Category:Shel Silverstein - Poems]]
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