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Mystery Animal #20: King of Complainers

I don't know why they call the tamarin a lion
For I'd be king if they heard me sing
And, no, I don't croon when I belt out my tune
Howling bloody murder is my claim to fame
And I'd like to see the tamarin just try to do the same.

There positively are NO lions in the Amazon rain forest! Ha, to me, the tamarin's no more than a squirrely little pest It could never begin to pass my test Oh, you might get a whimper or weak little whine But, when it comes to making noise, I'm simply the finest, the greatest and THE BEST! Why don't I pick on someone closer to my size? you say Well how 'bout the jaguar? - to her I'm mere prey But when it comes to roaring, she can hardly purr And she's got nothing on me when it comes to fur Yeah, we've got rhino beetles and leopard moths and lion tamarins But none of them can roar like me So why shouldn't I be king? Roaring, after all, is a rather noble thing Wouldn't you agree? Guess who. PHOTO INDEX OF POEMS NEXT POEM

I don't know why they call the tamarin a lion For I'd be king if they heard me sing And, no, I don't croon when I belt out my tune Howling bloody murder is my claim to fame And I'd like to see the tamarin just try to do the same.

I don't know why they call the tamarin a lion
For I'd be king if they heard me sing
And, no, I don't croon when I belt out my tune
Howling bloody murder is my claim to fame
And I'd like to see the tamarin just try to do the same.