Ice Cream Stop

From the book

Falling Up

by Shel Silverstein

The Circus train made an ice cream stop

At the fifty-two-flavor ice cream stand.

The animals all got off the trainAnd walked right up to the ice

cream man.

“I’ll take Vanilla,” yelled the gorilla.

I’ll take Chocolate,” shouted the ocelot.

“I’ll take the Strawberry,”chirped the canary.

“Rocky Road,” croaked the toad.

“Lemon and Lime,” growled the lion.

Said the ice cream man,“’Till I see a dime,

You’ll get no ice cream of mine.”

Then the animalssnarled and

screeched andgrowled

And whinniedand whimpered

and hootedand howled

And gobbled up the whole ice cream stand,

All fifty-two flavors

(Fifty-three with the Ice Cream Man).

Shel Silverstein

• Born September 25, 1930 in Chicago, Illinois

• Died May 10, 1999 at age 68 in Key West, Florida

• Author, poet, songwriter, composer, cartoonist

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