a balanced elephant
I once was an elephant
so very large and grey
who wandered the jungle
for somewhere to play
while I was walking
as elephants do
on a beach, by the ebb
I so happened to stumble
upon a spider
so silently making its web
I watched for a moment
while it spun and stuck
and halting my walking
to approach the beast
I tested some words
upon its tiny ears
"can I jump on your web?"
I asked so quietly
as if a whisper,
to the spider who ceased its
spinning
and spun around to face me
grinning
"of course you may"
it spoke in a voice very loud
a voice that heard the entire
jungle
without making a single
sound
"I have completed my web,"it
roared,
"you may commence your
hopping"
I, scared but still quite bored
climbed up the tree and unto
the web
I tested one foot then another
and began to balance my
fatty lumber
I started with one hop
then two, then three
I started bouncing
on the spider web
filled with glee
I was bouncing so high
I hardly noticed my new
friend
the spider
who had mysteriously
made its way to the web
on the beach, by the ebb
licking its ferocious jaws
and sharpening its eight
skinny claws
and with one final leap,
into the web I fell so gra-
ciously
It greeted me with open
arms,
eight skinny arms that spun
and stuck
and turned me round
with endless spinning
then stopped
and let me look into the face
only slightly grinning
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