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Gif the Wall Flower Giraffe

His knob-shaped knees hang out all over the place What kind of a dancer would he be in this small space? Gif was a wall flower for sure, left sitting on Sadie Hawkins Day. With his gangly feet and knobby knees getting in other sitters’ way. Some of the uncouth laughed at his large polka dot pants. None of them knew that this groovy giraffe knew how to dance. He is wearing converse shoes from 1982, one said with disdain. And for a sun-glassed giraffe, I think this one looks very plain. I think I’ll give him a whirl, a young whippersnapper said. She gave him the eye, and learned that his name is Ed. He twirled and whirled her and threw her in the air. He spun her like a top, dancing beyond Fred Astaire. Now everyone is in line waiting to dance with little old Gif. I am sorry, he tells them without anger, prissiness or miff. She is the one who gave me my first and only chance. I shall continue spinning her until the end of the dance. They came away with the grand prize of the night. A huge silver number one cup, which held a spotlight.

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