If you had a giraffe and he stretched another half
you would have a giraffe and a half. And if you glued a rose to the tip of his nose
And
if he put on a shoe and then stepped in some glue
And if he used a chair to comb his hair
And so it goes until
but that would be telling. Children will be kept in stitches until the very end, when the situation is resolved in the most riotous way possible. Shel Silverstein's incomparable line drawings add to the hilarity of his wildly funny rhymes.