The Animals Speak the Same Language the Entire World Over !

Doctor Doolittle said to the boys and girls in his class one day at the Puddlesby - On - The - Marsh school where he taught, "Did you know that you can talk to the animals ? We all may be different, we may all have different coloured skins and speak a variety of languages - but wherever you go in the world - animals speak the same language". "Show Us !!!", the girls and boys cried out, eager to learn a different language. No matter which jungle you are in, monkeys cheer and call, shrill and shriek, everywhere in the world with the same eek. Leopards and jaguars screech and mice squeak. Australian koalas cling to their young as indeed they do in New Zealand - they look the same and make the same hue and cry to me. Cheetahs gurgle and hyenas giggle. Buffalos bellow and the grass they chew tastes very much the same wherever you go in the world. Rattle and clatter - was that a rattlesnake in the Sahara dessert or in the Gobi ? Elephants roar in the same way as they do in zoos all over the world. Zebras cheer and lions roar - whatever their nationality. Tigers howl in a hue and cry not dissimilar to anywhere else in the world. Cheep, chirp, cluck - was that chickens in the Dordogne or Belgium ? Hummingbirds hum, warblers warble and birds tweet - the same all over the world. Hens peck and cockerels crow with the same cackle. Cockatoos cockatoo in the Channel Islands as indeed in Wales they do too. Seagulls squeak and crows craw. Owls coo and eagles squawk - together they make a real hullabaloo all over the planet. Ducks quack, turkeys gobble and geese gaggle. Whales sprit, jellyfish splash and sharks jet. Fish babble and bubble. Starfish star and trout trickle. Sticklebacks stickle and splash. Dribble, drop and drip - that was the sound of a fish on a flux and flow tide. The colour of water is the same in rivers flowing all over the world. Eels squirm right to the waters' edge - the platypus swims with his flat bill in the same way through rivers that are much the same all over the world. Portuguese shrimps as Icelandic shrimp skitter and scuttle - despite the fishing embargoes !!! In England, cows moooooo ... and generally in France, cows do too. Guess what sound cows make in the Netherlands ? They do moooo. Oink ! Oink ! Was that a Swedish or a Norwegian pig I hear ? Generally speaking, both snort and grunt. West and East, New Zealand sheep "baaa" in the same way as North and South. Horses neigh huskily and hoarsely (no matter where they were born) and donkeys bray loudly. Swine craw and oxen hail in farmyards all over the world. Geese gaggle whether they originate in Poland or Prussia. Ducks quack and chicks chuck no matter what their culture or class or breed. Cats purr, mew, mewl and meow - the same in Russia (usually at night to keep the neighbours awake) and I bet Chinese cats keep their neighbours awake too. Spanish dogs woof in the same way as Italian hounds woof too. Puppies yap and whine. Pit - a - pat - the sound of a budgerigar in it's cage at home in France or on holiday in Spain ? What about Australian bees - do you expect they buzz any differently from American bees ? In India the bee buzzes like a lawnmower... so what do you think South American bees do ? Southern wasps hum, as indeed do Northern wasps. What about Danish butterflies - do you expect that they flap their wings any differently to Indian butterflies ? Not likely. Flies flicker and dragonflies flutter the same all over the world. Mexican insects ever so hot and spicy jump and eek in the same way as they do in Brazil. Of course, frogs "ribbet - ribbet !", in Tibet, as grasshoppers hop and toads croak much the same in the North as the South. Snakes hiss, worms squirm and lizards slither. Canadian bears like Polar bears growl and South American wolves howl just the same way as their brothers in Scotland. And what about the walrus in the North and South Pole - I guess they growl and grunt much the same way wherever the place is they inhabit. Whoop - was that wombats searching in snow in Alaska or the Arctic ? Or the sound of whales wailing ? Numbats, snorting ants and termites, poke their nose through barks of trees - trees that are much the same in every continent. Screech, shriek and squeal - was that squirrels in melody in Outer Mongolia or Bolivia ? Whoop, yell and bellow - the sound of a forest chorus in Nottingham or the Amazon ? Birds cheep and chirp, twitter and titter, squeak, squeal and squall, just the same as in other great forests of the world. Toads craw and croak. Bats Clink - clanking - a thunderous in symphony in China or Brazil ? Yap, yar and yowl - wolves at night in caves that look just the same wherever you are. Grumble and groan - gorillas in the Amazon or South Africa ? Snort and snore - the sound of symphonic beavers snouting in their nests. So wherever you are in the world today...and you need someone to talk to...talk to the animals and see if they speak the same language and so will I too ! recipe Animal Biscuits Ingredients 150g (50z) butter 75g (3oz) caster sugar 1 egg yolk, beaten 225g (8oz) plain flour 30 ml (2 tsp) orange juice Grease three or four baking sheets and pre-heat oven to 180°C or Gas Mark 4. Cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy then beat in the egg yolk. Sift the flour and fold into the creamed mixture. Add the orange juice and mix until well - blended. Cover and refrigerate for one hour until the mixture is firm and easy to handle. Place the mixture into the following shapes that you can form from thin metal sheets : © Jacqueline Richards 2005