Can you draw a tall giraffe,
Followed closely by her calf?
Make this mother twice as tall
As the calf, who’ll still be small.
Please be sure their necks are long:
No-one likes to get that wrong!
Give them spindly legs: quite thin,
Next put markings on their skin.
Make the ground beneath them flat;
Add some grass to go with that.
Not too lush though – rather sparse:
Let the earth show through the grass.
Each giraffe should face a tree
Where the leaves they eat will be.
Can they reach those leaves to eat?
Then your picture is complete!
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