Question:
Looking for a poem?
Ok I heard a poem recently, I think it was called "The Lion"
I'm trying to find a copy of it, but I don't remember the name of the writer. I know it was about a lion in the zoo, and two of the lines went something like this:
He just wants someone to pet him,
but his teeth (just?) wont let him.
Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
Why Nobody Pets the Lion at the Zoo
by John Ciardi
The morning that the world began
The Lion growled a growl at Man
And I suspect the Lion might
(if he had been closer) have tried a bite.
I think that's as it ought to be
And not as it was taught to me.
I think the Lion has a right
To growl a growl and bite a bite.
And if the lion bothered Adam
He should have growled right back at'im
The way to treat a Lion right
Is growl for growl and bite for bite
True,the Lion is better fit
For biting than for being bit.
But if you look him in the eye
You'll find the Lion's rather shy.
He really wants someone to pet him
The trouble is :his teeth won't let him.
He has a heart of gold beneath
But the Lion just can't trust his teeth.