Big Mrs. Elephant
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Storyteller:      Big Mrs. Elephant was taking her time

                  Swinging her trunk from side to side

                  When down flew a bird and sat on her head

                  Laughing and singing,here is what he said:

Mr. Bird:         I am Mister Bird and I can fly high

                  No one laughs at me when I dance in the sky

                  You're a funny elephant with that great big nose

                  It looks like a fireman's long water hose

                  Ha! Ha! Ha!

                  I am beautiful, my pretty feathers shine

                  Your skin is wrinkled, dusty most the time

                  Why don't you use that silly firehose  Ha! Ha!

                  To wash your back, it's as funny as your nose

Chorus...         We all look funny, Ha! Ha! Pout!

                  Take a look at yourself from the inside out

Storyteller:      Mrs. Elephant paid no mind to him

                  She walked to the river, wearing a grin

                  She filled her trunk with cool water

                  Then aimed her nose at Mister Bird

                  While Mister Bird kept laughing

                  She sprayed him in the eye

                  Her back was clean and so was he

                  So wet he couldn't fly                             

Chorus...         We all look funny, Ha! Ha! Pout!                    

                  Take a look at yourself from the inside out        

Storyteller:      Then Mrs. Elephant said...

Mrs. Elephant:    My dear Mister Bird, you look all wet              

                  Fluff your pretty feathers                          

                  Let me dry your little head

                  You are right, I look funny                        

                  And it's true I cannot fly

                  But I am Mrs. Elephant and I like me inside

                  I can laugh at me and I can laugh at you

                  Take a look at yourself, a bird can laugh too

                  Outside we are different  Ha! Ha! Pout!

                  Inside we are all the same from inside out

Chorus...         We all look funny, Ha! Ha! Pout!                   

(twice)           Take a look at yourself from the inside out

Lyrics by Richard Paul Lafontaine and Lesley Ann Benson                        Copyright 1989  November 10.1989

Music by Richard Paul Lafontaine