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| Polynesia: Tonga | |
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| The fascinating snake The fascinating snake | |
Original text | |
I'm the fascinating snake I can make you, with fear, shake. I'm a reptile, in tropical regions, found. I live in hollows of trees in grass and sand and seas I lay my eggs in burrows in the ground. I've a skin covered with scales. It is patterned or plain. With bright colors and a lovely shine. I quietly coil and slither I quietly coil and slither. My prey I bite or smother Around tree branches I often entwine. With a long, forked tongue I smell. I've no limbs or ears as well. It's amazing to see me shed my skin. My deadly fangs don't miss;. Take it as a warning when I hiss. Pythons and venomous Cobras are my kin. I swallow my food whole, Be it eggs, a rabbit or mole, And then I keep quite a long fast. In your yard if you find me, Please don't attack me. Simply stay still and calm and let me pass. | |
English Translation | |
I'm the fascinating snake I can make you, with fear, shake. I'm a reptile, in tropical regions, found. I live in hollows of trees in grass and sand and seas I lay my eggs in burrows in the ground. I've a skin covered with scales. It is patterned or plain. With bright colors and a lovely shine. I quietly coil and slither I quietly coil and slither. My prey I bite or smother Around tree branches I often entwine. With a long, forked tongue I smell. I've no limbs or ears as well. It's amazing to see me shed my skin. My deadly fangs don't miss;. Take it as a warning when I hiss. Pythons and venomous Cobras are my kin. I swallow my food whole, Be it eggs, a rabbit or mole, And then I keep quite a long fast. In your yard if you find me, Please don't attack me. Simply stay still and calm and let me pass. Credits Song: Traditional children´s song Animation: Courtesy of APPUSERIES English transcription: Henry Muldrow | |
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