Skink or Skunk? (Whatever You Thunk)

by Mariam Kirby (Ranger Rick Magazine)

Since skinks can have stripes down their backs like a skunk,

And skunks have sharp teeth that go snap like a skink's,

The clue to help choose what's a skink from a skunk

Comes from using your nose, which can tell by the stink

Which one's not a lizard and squirts you with gunk.

But if you're confused and your mind's in a kink

'Cause both of these creatures are sharing your bunk,

The rule for behavior is just what you think--

Make friends with the skink, run away from the skunk!

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