The

Triantiwontigongolope

There's a very funny insect that you do not often spy,

And it isn't quite a spider and it isn't quite a fly;

It is something like a beetle and a little like a bee,

But nothing like a woolly grub that climbs upon a tree.

Its name is quite a hard one, but you'll learn it soon I hope

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It lives on weeds and wattle gum, and has a funny face;

Its appetite is hearty and its manners a disgrace.

When first you come upon it, it will give you quite a scare,

But when you look for it again you find it isnt there.

And unless you call it softly it will stay away and mope.

So, try

            Tri-

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It trembles if you tickle it or tread upon its toes;

It is not an early riser, but it has a snobbish nose.

If you sneer at it or scold it, it will scuttle off in shame,

But it purrs and purrs quite proudly if you call it by its name,

And offer it some sandwiches of sealing wax and soap.

So, try

            Tri-

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But of course you haven't seen it; and I truthfully confess

That I haven't seen it either and I don't know its address.

For there isn't such an insect, though there really might have been

If the trees and grass were purple and the sky was bottle green.

It's just a little joke of mine, which you will forgive I hope.

Oh, try

            Try!

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