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Julie had an aardwolf [160]

Julie had an aardwolf

Julie had an aardwolf
(nothing rhymes with aardwolf)
she kept it in her big walled garden
(aardwolves do not climb).

But Aardie tried to dig
(he thought he was an aardvark)
although he's not a pig
(he eats termites all the time).

Until one day so lonely
(Julie had but one)
he tried to find a mate
(but searching he found none).

So Julie looked around
(while Aardie 'wept' and 'sobbed')
until she found an aardwolf
(willing for the job).

Now Julie has a garden
(where at night one hears the sound)
of termites being feasted on
(there's aardwolves all around).

© Kåre Enga [177.160] (30.juli.2020)

(20 lines, some rhythm, some rhyme)

Note: fictional. Aardwolves eat termites (they do not eat carrion or meat), very few zoos keep them. They are two subspecies found in East Africa and South Africa. They are mostly nocturnal. They cluck, bark, roar (when fighting).

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