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The Duck And The Kangaroo
Said the Duck to the Kangaroo,
‘Good gracious! how you hop!
Over the fields and the water too,
As if you never would stop!
My life is a bore in this nasty pond,
And I long to go out in the world beyond!
I wish I could hop like you!’
Said the Duck to the Kangaroo.
‘Please give me a ride on your back!’
Said the Duck to the Kangaroo.
‘I would sit quite still, and say nothing but “Quack,”
The whole of the long day through!
And we’d go to the Dee, and the Jelly Bo Lee,
Over the land, and over the sea; —
Please take me on a ride! O do!’
Said the Duck to the Kangaroo.
Said the Kangaroo to the Duck,
‘This requires a little reflection;
Perhaps on the whole it might bring me luck,
And there seems but one objection,
Which is, if you’ll let me speak so bold,
Your feet are unpleasantly wet and cold,
And would probably give me the roo-
Matiz!’ said the Kangaroo.
Said the Duck, ‘As I sat on the rocks,
I have thought over that completely,
And I bought four pairs of worsted socks
Which fit my web-feet neatly.
And to keep out the cold I’ve bought a cloak,
And every day a cigar I’ll smoke,
All to follow my own dear true
Love of a Kangaroo!’
Said the Kangaroo, ‘I’m ready!
All in the moonlight pale,
But to balance me well, dear Duck, sit steady!
And quite at the end of my tail!’
So away they went with a hop and a bound,
And they hopped the whole world three times round;
And who so happy, — O who,
As the Duck and the Kangaroo?
EDWARD LEAR
This poem is about a duck and a kangaroo. The duck is getting bored of swimming
all day in its small pond. It wonders at the magnificent hopping skills of the
kangaroo. The duck asks the kangaroo if it can take a ride on kangaroo’s back and
see the whole world in doing so. The duck promises that it will sit quietly and not utter a single word except quack. This statement is somewhat hilarious because all the
word a duck can say is quack.
The kangaroo is apprehensive of getting cold because of wet feet of the duck. The
duck has already found a solution to this. It says that it has brought a woolen socks
to wear. The socks will help kangaroo protect against the feared cold. The duck has
also brought a sweater and would smoke cigar to keep away the cold.
Now the kangaroo is convinced and ready to let the duck take a piggy-back ride. It
allows the duck to sit still on its tail.
Finally their joyride begins and they encircle the earth three times!.