So they went away and lived happily ever afterward , Best Beloved . That is all . Oh , now and then you will hear grown-ups say , ` Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the Leopard his spots ? ' I do n't think even grown-ups would keep on saying such a silly thing if the Leopard and the Ethiopian had n't done it once -- do you ? But they will never do it again , Best Beloved . They are quite contented as they are . I AM the Most Wise Baviaan , saying in most wise tones , ` Let us melt into the landscape -- just us two by our lones . ' People have come -- in a carriage -- calling . But Mummy is there ... Yes , I can go if you take me -- Nurse says she do n't care . Let 's go up to the pig-sties and sit on the farmyard rails ! Let 's say things to the bunnies , and watch 'em skitter their tails ! Let 's -- oh , anything , daddy , so long as it 's you and me , And going truly exploring , and not being in till tea ! Here 's your boots -LRB- I 've brought 'em -RRB- , and here 's your cap and stick , And here 's your pipe and tobacco . Oh , come along out of it -- quick . THE ELEPHANT 'S CHILD IN the High and Far-Off Times the Elephant , O Best Beloved , had no trunk . He had only a blackish , bulgy nose , as big as a boot , that he could wriggle about from side to side ; but he could n't pick up things with it . But there was one Elephant -- a new Elephant -- an Elephant 's Child -- who was full of ` satiable curtiosity , and that means he asked ever so many questions . And he lived in Africa , and he filled all Africa with his ` satiable curtiosities . He asked his tall aunt , the Ostrich , why her tail-feathers grew just so , and his tall aunt the Ostrich spanked him with her hard , hard claw . He asked his tall uncle , the Giraffe , what made his skin spotty , and his tall uncle , the Giraffe , spanked him with his hard , hard hoof .
And still he was full of ` satiable XXXXX !
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