Silly Sunday - Donald's Ostrich

A fun little poem from a 1930s issue of Good Housekeeping. I have to admit I have a weakness for Donald Duck

The baggagemaster, Donald Duck

Asks Mickey Mouse to see

An ostrich that is marked "Express"

And "Handle Carefully".

They find a book which recommends

Birdseed and fruit and berries,

But ostriches are not discussed -

Just parrots and canaries.

They bring him birdseed, cake and pie

And such things till they're weak

But at them all the ostrich just

Turns up his nose - or beak!

They do not know, with ostriches,

Much simpler food would do

Some old tin cans, a yard of cloth,

Perhaps a nice young shoe!

If Donald Duck had known these things,

Which he did not, poor chap.

He might have kept his temper, and

He would have kept his cap!