Now every year in Africa

They hold the Jungle Dance,

Where every single animal

Turns up to skip and prance.

And this year when the day arrived Poor Geriald felt so sad,

Because when it came to dancing

He was really,really bad.

The warthogs started waltzing

And the rhinos rock'n' rolled

The lions danced a tango

Which was elegant and bold.

The chimps all did a cha-cha

With a very latin feel,

And eight baboons then teamed up

For a Splendid Scottish reel.

Gerald swallowed bravely

As he walked towards the floor,

But the lions sawhim coming

And they soon began to roar.

"Hey, look at clumsy Gerald,"

The animals all laughed,

"Giraffes can't dance, you silly fool,

Oh Gerald, don't be daft!"

Gerald simply froze up,

And was rooted to the spot.

"They're right," he thought, "I'm useless,

Oh I feel like such a clot."

So he crept off from the dancefloor

And he started walking home,

He'd never felt so sad before

So sad and so alone.

Then he found a little clearing

And he looked up at the sky,

"The moon can be so beautiful,"

He whispered with a sigh.

"Excuse me!" coughed a cricket

Who'dseen Gerald earlier on,

"But sometimes when you're different

You just need a different song."

"Listen to the swaying grass

And listen to the trees,

To me the sweetest music

Is thoses branches in the breeze.

"So imagine that that lovely moon

Is playing just for you,

Everything makes music

If you really want it to."

With that, the cricket smiled

And picked up his violin.

Then gerald felt his body

Do the most amazing thing.

His hooves had started shuffling

Making circles on the ground,

His neck was gentley swaying

And his tail was awishing round.

He threw his arms out sideways

And he swung them everywhere,

Then he did a backward somersault

And he lept up in the air.

Gerald felt so wonderful

His mouth was open wide,

I'm dancing! Yes, I'm dancing!

I'M DANCING!" Gerald cried.

Then one by one each animal

Who'd been there at the dance

Arrived while Gerald boogied on

And watched him quite entranched.

They shouted, "It's a miracle !

We must be in a dream,

Gerald's the best dancer

That we've ever seen!"

"How is it you can dance like that?

Please, Gerald , tell us how."

But Gerlad simply twizzled round

And finished his bow.

Then he raised his head and looked up

At the moon and stars above.

"We all can dance," he said,

"When we find music that we love."

Have you ever seen a giraffe gallop before?

I bet you didn't know that giraffes can move so beautifully!