The Animal Store

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If I had a hundred dollars to spend,
  Or maybe a little more,
I’d hurry as fast as my legs would go
  Straight to the animal store.

I wouldn’t say, “How much for this or that?”
  “What kind of a dog is he?”
I’d buy as many as rolled an eye,
  Or wagged a tail at me!

I’d take the hound with the drooping ears
  That sits by himself alone;
Cockers and Cairns and wobbly pups
  For to be my very own.

I might buy a parrot all red and green,
  And the monkey I saw before,
If I had a hundred dollars to spend,
  Or maybe a little more.

© Rachel Field