Your listening to a Toadstools and Fairy Dust reading of the book
Giraffe's Can't Dance. By Giles
Creatively read by Miss Jill
Gerald was a tall giraffe
whose neck was long and slim
but his knees were awfully crooked
and his legs were rather thin.
He was very good at standing still
and munching shoots off trees
But when he tried to run around,
he buckled at the knees.
Now every year is Africa they hold a Jungle Dance
Where every single animal turns up to skip and prance.
And this year when the day arrived
poor Gerald felt so sad,
because the it came to dancing well
he was really very bad.
The warthogs started waltzing
and the rhinos rock and rolled.
The lions danced a tango
that was elegant and bold.
The chimps all did the cha cha
with a very Latin spin,
and 8 baboons then teamed up
for a splendid Scottish reel.
Gerald swallowed bravely
as he walked toward the floor.
but the lions saw him coming,
and they soon began to roar.
"Hey!
Look at clumsy Gerald", the animals all sneered.
"Giraffes can't dance. You silly fool."
"Oh Gerald, you're so weird."
Gerald simply froze up. He was rooted to the spot.
They're right, he thought.
I'm useless. Oh I feel like such a clot.
So he crept off from the dance floor.
and he started walking home.
He'd never felt so sad before--
so sad and so alone.
Then he found a little clearing, and he looked up at the sky
"The moon can be so beautiful." he whispered with a sigh.
Excuse me. coughed the cricket
Who had seen Gerald earlier on.
But sometimes when your different
you just need a different song.
Listen to the swaying grasses