by Laura E Richards
Once there was an elephant,
Who tried to use the telephant --
No! No! I mean an elephone
Who tried to use the telephone --
(Dear me! I am not certain quite
That even now I've got it right.)
Howe'er it was, he got his trunk
Entangled in the telephunk;
The more he tried to get it free,
The louder buzzed the telephee --
(I fear I'd better drop the song
Of elephop and telephong!)
from Sing a Song of Popcorn: Every Child's Book of Poems
Selected by Beatrice Schenk de Regniers
Scholastic, 1988
