Sylvie And Bruno

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Sylvie And Bruno

He thought he saw a Banker's clerk
     Descending from the 'bus;
He looked again, and found it was
     A Hippopotamus.
"If this should stay to dine," he said,
     "There won't be much for us!"

He thought he saw an Albatross
     That fluttered round the lamp:
He looked again, and found it was
     A Penny-Postage-Stamp.
"You'd best be getting home," he said;
     "The nights are very damp!"

He thought he saw a Coach-and-Four
     That stood beside his bed:
He looked again, and found it was
     A Bear without a Head.
"Poor thing," he said, "poor silly thing!
     It's waiting to be fed!"

He thought he saw a Kangaroo
     That worked a coffee-mill:
He looked again, and found it was
     A Vegetable-Pill.
"Were I to swallow this," he said,
     "I should be very ill!"

He thought he saw a Rattlesnake
     That questioned him in Greek:
He looked again, and found it was
     The Middle of Next Week.
"The one thing I regret," he said,
     "Is that it cannot speak!"

Lewis Carroll