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a terrapin named tiberius took nothing very serious his nasty pranks got little thanks and made his fellow creatures delirious a zoologist named zane stayed out in the pouring rain to earn the tentative trust of a curious creature named cust whose existence he could not explain an octopus named ole dwelled in the ole swimmin hole tom and huck and jim dreamed of catching him but never achieved their goal a winged steed named peggy sailed through the air long and leggy a human being named bess was filled with enviousness and decided to eat her veggies a divinity student named mope spent his days smoking dope his concerned next door neighbor an angel with a flaming saber sent a sorrowful letter to the pope a pterodactyl named pete was pretty smooth on his feet whenever he got up to dance all the winged locusts and fire ants rushed shouting out into the street a tyrannosaurus named tex sailed a pirate ship with well-scrubbed decks chasing through endless galaxies because he wasn't hard to please he loved all special effects a brontosaurus named bill left a curious will his favorite niece, an australopith was found convicted of running with humans and hyenas, and got nil