Hilaire Belloc




The Frozen Mammoth


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This Creature, though rare, is still found to the East
Of the Northern Siberian Zone.

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It is known to the whole of that primitive group
That the carcass will furnish an excellent soup,
        Though the cooking it offers one drawback at least
            (Of a serious nature I own):

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If the skin be but punctured before it is boiled,
Your confection is wholly and utterly spoiled.

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And hence (on account of the size of the beast)
     The dainty is nearly unknown.