Once there was an elephant,
Who tried to use the telephant-
No! no! I mean an elephone
Who tried to use the telephone-
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An amusing little trifle. It would be good to read to children and get them to play with words and sounds and humor.
elephone! With the muse of your imaginations. Thanks for sharing.
I remember reading this poem in junior high school. If was funny back then.
My 3rd grade teacher challenged us to memorize the poem, and if we did, we would get a cut-out of an elephant pinned onto our shirts.