As Effie elephant walked through some trees
She suddenly felt she was going to sneeze
And her trunk was so big and her trunk was so long
The sneeze that came out was amazingly strong
It sneezed away birds, as they flew by
It sneezed away clouds that were up in the sky
It sneezed away leaves and it sneezed away flowers
It sneezed away houses and castles and towers
When Effie had finished her huge ACHOO
A voice far far away called out – ‘Bless you’
Elephants’ noses just growses and growses
Till they’re trumpy and trunky and long.
They can smell gone off cheese on an African breeze
When it’s left in a fridge in Hong Kong.
They can wash twenty buses without too much fusses
And pick up a forest of trees.
Their trunks are so long, when a cold comes along
Then it takes them an hour to sneeze.
They can tie them in knots – lots of knots, lots and lots.
They can hang from the hills in Burrundi.
They can tell smells apart – if you give them a fart
They will know what you’ve eaten last Monday.
Elephants’ trunks are so useful, me thunks.
Much more useful than our little snozzles.
And when they are dead and we dig up their heads
They make far much more interesting fozzils.
Australian Children’s Poetry 