The h2g2 Poem
Created | Updated Feb 4, 2004
The Tail At Either End
I was born it seems with a tail at either end
A short and stubby one here and a longer one that bends
I can waggle one quite nicely, wave it to and fro
But my other tail is longer, I wonder if the shorter one will grow
I can reach and pick up things with one which does seem rather strange
But the shorter of the two is silly as things are always out of range
It seems my mother and my father are both afflicted thus
And also the rest of my family so I can hardly cause a fuss
So it seems I won't grow out of it, my two tails will always be dissimilar
I shall just grin and bear it, and the odd lengths will maybe one day become familiar