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inspired by a photo of a baby giraffee who has leapt onto his mother' s neck way up high.

What was that noise

What was that noise?
Nothing, his mother said.
A lion or a bear! He yelped.
His mother rolled her eyes.

What was that noise?
His mother did not reply this time.
Terrified, he took a flying leap
Landing on her back.

You have to stop doing this! She told him.
I am elderly, and you are too old for this stuff.
But I heard a…..
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