5. Complete the poem

If ever you should go by chance

To  in the east;

And if there should to you advance

A large and  beast,

If he roars at you as you’re dyin’

You’ll know it is the  Lion...

 

Or if some time when roaming round,
A noble wild beast greets you,
With black stripes on a yellow ground,
Just notice if he eats you.
This simple rule may help you learn
The  to discern.

 

If strolling forth, a beast you view,

Whose hide with spots is peppered,

As soon as he has lept on you,

You’ll know it is the                                 .

’Twill do no good to roar with pain,

He’ll only lep and lep again.

 

If when you’re walking round your yard

You meet a creature there,

Who hugs you very, very hard,

Be sure it is a                 .

If you have any doubts, I guess

He’ll give you just one more caress.

 

Though to distinguish beasts of prey

A  might nonplus,

The Crocodile you always may

Tell from the Hyena thus:

Hyenas come with merry smiles;

But if they weep they’re                         .

 

The true Chameleon is small,

A  sort of thing;

He hasn’t any ears at all,

And not a single wing.

If there is nothing on the tree,

’Tis the you see.

 

~CAROLYN WELLS