# At the Zoo (William Thackeray)

By [DoodleMe](https://paragraph.com/@42426969) · 2022-05-07

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First I saw the white bear, then I saw the black; Then I saw the camel with a hump upon his back; Then I saw the grey wolf, with mutton in his maw; Then I saw the wombat waddle in the straw; Then I saw the elephant a-waving of his trunk; Then I saw the monkeys—mercy, how unpleasantly they smelt!

\-- William Makepeace Thackeray - 1811-1863

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