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"Quite wild animals"

Chapter 3: DOOLYBOO
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About This Book

The book is a collection of short, humorous sketches and verses that introduce a menagerie of fanciful, anthropomorphic creatures, each portrait focusing on a single eccentric trait or predicament - loneliness, laziness, vanity, clumsiness, or timidity. Light, playful narration and occasional rhymes describe how each creature lives, eats, dresses, socializes, and copes with obstacles, often ending with a gentle ironic twist. The pieces mix comic description, imagined habits, and tiny moral suggestions without heavy lessons, creating an imaginative, episodic structure that invites children to laugh at character foibles and delight in inventive, visual detail.

DOOLYBOO


DOOLYBOO
Oh gaze on Doolyboo awhile,
Observe her sweet and winning smile,
Admire the way she lifts her feet,
And see how clean she is, and neat.
She’s always asked to tea or dine
Because her manners are so fine;
Where’er she drinks from glass or cup
She puts her little finger up:
She’s always clean of paw and face
And waves her tail in dainty grace.
She never shouts or stamps her feet,
She knows that would be indiscreet,
But always laughs when jokes are made,
And quite agrees with all that’s said.
She is the best beloved of all,
By each and every animal,
They like to have her come to play
They’re sorry when she goes away.
Oh, let us all then try to be
As sweet and rosy-cheeked as she.