Critterature: a Gaelic Fashion Statement

A giraffe who was new
At the Aberdeen Zoo
Heard a bagpipe askirling one day.
He tracked down the player
And offered to pay her
If she kindly would teach him to play.
He gazed at the piper,
A Hebrides viper,
As she uncoiled and let out a sigh.
Then she hissed, "Listen, dearrie,
I'll answerr yerr querry,
But you're nae gonna like my rreply.
Yerr legr'rr like stilts,
You'd look funny in kilts,
And that just would'na sit well wi' Scots.
We'rre quite snobbish and swell,
And know perrfectly well
That plaid dinna fit well wi' spots!"
Copyright © | Year Posted 2023

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Faulkner Avatar
June 22, 2023 at 8:41 PM
This had me smiling all the way to the end, maybe one day we'll see a giraffe in a kilt :)
Slaughter Avatar
June 23, 2023 at 10:29 AM
Thanks, Michelle. I don't know about a giraffe in kilts. A bit too much in the knee department for my taste.
Bauer Avatar
June 16, 2023 at 11:17 AM
Brilliant, hilarious and magnificent! You’ve outdone yourself with this one, Jim!
Slaughter Avatar
June 16, 2023 at 11:18 AM
Thank you, Ilene, but I hope not. I'm only 7 along in the alphabet.
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