A song was once penned by Shel Silverstein Had a rockin' rhythm, had a rockin' rhyme And the words today could not be more relevant I'm talking of the song 'bout cats and rats and elephants
It begins "A long time ago when the earth was green There were more kinds of animals than you've ever seen" He talks up these beasts, well it's not a big ask I cannot imagine how they could be surpassed
There were long-necked geese and camels humpty backed I'd like to add echidnas and the gecko crested black Rainbow lorikeets, bandicoots and duck billed platypi Every one a treasure and far too beautiful to die
Some like to swim, some like to swing Some glide, some slide and others love to sing If we tear down their house without any thought We'll be too late to stop the disaster we have wrought
Now this song was inspired by the mythical unicorn When the ark sailed away it was left behind forlorn We could be left all alone and broken hearted Because our magical fauna had all departed