This is What Happens When You Go to a Monkey for Advice

by Shel Silverstein

Well, once the world was full of monkeys,

A long time ago.

And elephants with big long trunkies,

A long time ago.

And the elephants swarm in the Zazafram Sea,

And the monkeys swung from the zilibum tree,

And life was silly as it could be

A long time ago.

One day the elephant was feelin' spunky,

A long time ago.

So he went to have a talk with the monkey,

A long time ago.

And the elephant said, "oh Lordy me,

I think I'm in love with the bumblebee.

Do you think she's a little too small for me?"

A long time ago.

Now the monkey said, "You're thinking like a donkey,

A long time ago.

She's kinda small and you're sorta chunky,

A long time ago.

So sit right down upon my knee.

I'll tell you why your love can never be.

It's a physical impossibility,

A long time ago."

Now the elephant's tears went plinkety plunky,

A long time ago.

And he went home to pack his trunkie,

A long time ago.

He said, "I see that bee was not for me."

So he went and he married a little gray flea,

And they were as happy as they could be,

And they had children -- one, two, three,

But if you want to know how, please don't ask me,

It was a long time ago.

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