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A Giraffe and a Half

By Shel Silverstein

Rhymed text tells a hypothetical story about a Giraffe, and the many things that could happen to this giraffe ... IF. The poems starts with "If you had a giraffe ..." and continues by building along these lines with all…

Release Date
1992
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Rhymed text tells a hypothetical story about a Giraffe, and the many things that could happen to this giraffe … IF. The poems starts with "If you had a giraffe …" and continues by building along these lines with all sorts of different "ifs" and their conclusions.

Author

Shel Silverstein