
KANGAROO PENELOPE
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A cat is normal
A dog, maybe so.
But a kangaroo for a pet
Might NOT be the way to go.
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My friends being friends
Made my life a bit hard.
When I took my kangaroo
Out in the front yard.
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Their dogs they did walk
Their cats... more a drag.
My kangaroo jumps
And each jump is, well, MAG...
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...NIFICENT, that's it.
There's no other way
To believe how high she jumps
We might test it one day.
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She's not on a leash
Goes wherever she wants.
With me in her pouch
Despite my friend's taunts.
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My friend's dogs chase sticks
Their cats? Nap time!...it's noon.
Kangaroo Penelope and me
We jumped over the moon.
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I wrote Kangaroo Penelope because I was thinking about strange pets that people have...
...and because I really wanted to draw and paint a kangaroo. Sometimes that's the way it goes.
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And, no, I haven't done the drawing and painting yet. But I will soon!