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By Helen and Henry Tanous * Pictures by J. P. Miller
SIMON AND SCHUSTER » NEW YORKMARY REED, Pu.D.
Authors and Artist
Helen and Henry Tanovs live in Burbank, California, where he is an
artist with the Disney Studio, Besides caring for their three children,
the designs wallpoper and fabries and does magazine arr
4. P, Miller has designed films for Disney and, during Werld War I,
for the Navy. He has illustrated THs Wonbesrut Story Book, both the What if you were a horse,
Big ond Line Gotpen Funny Booxs, ond soveral other Lite Golden
a speedy one of course
cr saanfran rae Would you like to wear a collar and a tie?Or a bonnet decked with
feathers on your head?
Or an elephant’s big
howdah on your back?
Or would you wear a bridle
and a cowboy’s handsome saddle,
with silver coins to glitter in the sun?What if you were a mouse,
living in some people's house . . .
Would you go hunting for the cat?
or snatch cheese out of a trap?Or would you wear smooth, tawny fur
and a marvelous tossing mane?
What if you were a lion,
king of all the jungle. .
Would you wear a jewsled crown?
Or a shiny black
top hat? QOr as a trumpet
to blow a loud blast?
What if you were an elephant
with a marvelous long trunk...
Would you use it
to hold clothes for a trip?What if you were a tree . .-
Would you climb a mountain peak?
Or would you use it as a shower bath
for yourself on hot days?Would you dance
with the wind?
Would you pick up your roots
and walk away?
Or would you stand in
one place and grow
and grow and grow?What if you were a cloud... : Would you be a fluffy sky sheep
Would you carry boys and girls on your back? and nibble at the moon?What if you were an airplane
way up in the sky...
Would you flap your wings and sing like a bird?
Or would you roar out in thunder
and come tumbling down in rain?Would you land on the branch of a tree? Or would you land at an airport
Would you lunch on fresh berries and worms? and have men feed you a load of gasoline?Whdt if you were!e clown,
d funny circus €lown .”. -
Would yéu,sutk‘in the gnimal t8nt all, day?
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Would’you sit and réad a picture boo!
all through the circus Show?
Would yourhide your head
When the band began to play?
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and ride d funny bicycle
and make all the people laugh?
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What if you were a child,
a little girl or boy...
Would you live in a cave?
Or ina hive in a tree?
Would you growl like a bear?
Or buzz like a bee? —
eWould you eat at a table?
And play with a toy? E
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if you were a girl or boy?
Or would you live in a house
and wear shoes on your feet 4" 4
and go shopping with your mother \ Y
in a store on a street?