ZooWeird 1

A doggerel series about odd or little-known animals.

Angora Rabbit: any of several breeds of long-haired rabbits raised for their abundant fine wool—esp. any of a breed having usually white wool and red eyes

Their eyes are red; their wool is fine.

And (like most sheep) they can’t decline

The role that they are forced to play:

Providing wool (they can’t say “Nay!”).

The name angora—rabbit, cat—

Is from a Turkish town—and that

We now call Ankara, a place

Where I’ve not ever been—disgrace!

But I confess I thought that wool

Was just from sheep—a load of bull.

So rabbits were a huge surprise—

A rabbit sweater? Here’s my size …

So rabbits give us food to eat—

And as most everybody knows:

In races they are hard to beat*—

And now, it seems, they give us clothes!

*Except for that tortoise thing ...