THE WHALE
by: Hilaire Belloc (1870-1953)
 he Whale that wanders round the Pole
- Is not a table fish.
- You cannot bake or boil him whole
- Nor serve him in a dish;
- But you may cut his blubber up
- And melt it down for oil.
- And so replace the colza bean
- (A product of the soil).
- These facts should all be noted down
- And ruminated on,
- By every boy in Oxford town
- Who wants to be a Don.
| "The Whale" is reprinted from The Bad Child's Book of Beasts. Hilaire Belloc. London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., 1896. |
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