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The Bison, though he seems so grim, / Is very sensitive; / And when the children stare at him, / He wants to cease to live.
He hears them wonder why he's there, / And why he can't break through; / And why he has such funny hair, / And why he doesn't moo.
At this, the suffering Buffalo / Can scarce restrain to weep; / Their caustic comments hurt him so, -- / They haunt him in his sleep.
But, Grown-Up people, let me pray / You'll not behave like this; / The Bison pet, -- and, when you may, / Give him a friendly kiss.