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hank Obit: Shel Silverstein (1930-1999) (83* d) RE: Shel Silverstein 12 May 99


The crocodile went to the dentist
And he sat down onto the chair,
And the dentist said, "Now tell me, sir,
Why does it hurt and where?"

And the crocodile said, "I'll tell you the truth
Of a terrible, terrible ache in my tooth."
And he opened his jaws so wide, so wide,
The dentist he climbed right inside.

The dentist laughed, "Oh, isn't this fantasy!"
As he pulled the teeth out one my one.
And the crocodile cried, "You're hurting me so!
Please put down your pliers and let me go!"

But the dentist just laughed with a "ho, ho, ho!"
He said, "I still have twelve more to go.
Oops! That's the wrong one, I confess,
But what's one crocodile tooth more less?"

And then suddenly the jaws went SNAP!
The dentist was gone right off the map.
And where he went, no one could guess,
To north or south, east or west?

But...
What's one dentist more less?

So long, Shel. Hope your stay in the crocodile's belly is good. I memorised that little song years ago, and I still pull it out at times.


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