Harry the Hippo's Earache

"Ouch !", Harry the hippo cried out in pain,

As the jungle drums were at it again !

He rolled around upon the floor,

Every noise sounded just like slamming the door !

His earache was causing him such distress....

It must have been an ear infection, i guess !

The terrible roar from the hippopotamus,

Around the waterhole caused quite a fuss...

Even the vultures who were always quite noisy as well,

Asked him to keep the pipe down at least a short spell...

The lion - usually a substantial roarer of some renoun,

Asked the hippo to keep the noise down

So everyone was in uproar,

All throughout the hippo's loud guffaw...

The monkey swinging through the trees,

Told him to try a piece of cheese...

The snake said he had a better idea,

A bandage around the very sore ear !

Some cream to rub upon the sore spot,

Suggested the giraffe looking to see what ointment he'd got !

But the person who knew most about ears was the elephant, of course,

Who knew exactly how to stop things getting worse !

Often he too was a grumpy chappy,

With his sticky out ears, so wide and so flappy !

"Go to bed instead," the elephant said,

Use ear plugs and make sure you're well fed

After a sleep and a pain - killing pill,

Harry was back....jumping over the hill !