An Animalistic Family

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I am friends with a guy

who has just one friend.

My friend is a sheep

his brother is a bull

his sister is a snake

his mum is a pig

his dad is a chameleon

his twin is a goat

his friend is a dove

they are what they are.


This poem introduces us to a family and each member of the family is described as an animal. They are to be seen as the attributive character of the animals they are called.


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