who patrolled the Seven Savannahs.

They called him Nippers,

and he was a hideous sight.

All peacock up to the neck,

where the piranha in him would show.

At the top of the long flexible neck

sat perched like a weather vane

the silver body of a pirannah.

When he walked his head would swim.

And his right wing would hold a shiny black walking cane.

Often he would whistle while he walked,

thinking it was attractive.