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Chihuahua, he be teeny, like a piece a scaloppine

Chelsea, wearing her rhinestone collar, danced forward as the room full of children repeated the chant about the Chihuahua

Next Felicia Ann, dressed again in bright pink, twirled while the second-graders chanted, "Flas be brown, she don' wanna put 'em down" and the rest of the school repeated it Then,

Got us a gnu, and got us another,

'Cuz the first gnu's a girl and she got her a brother

Gooney Bird and Nicholas did a special little gnu dance while the children clapped

Betcha thought nuthin' would nu,

But here she be, and her na little kangaroo dance The parade continued shuffling around the room while the entire school clapped in rhythm

Panda be a babe who be eatin' bamboo,

She be black and white all over and she don't got no tattoo

Mrs Pidgeon held out her ar toward the doorhere Mr Furillo was standing with his brooht arer and snake

Here coer, he be one fierce dude,

He scare everybody wifhis attitude

Principal Leroy, who just that ets to the Watertower Rotary Club at theirdance across the center of the floor, and growled loudly before he

Mr Tortoise be so dumb an' slow,

He dunno when to start and he dunno when to go

Tricia, laughing, waved her big leather gloves and did a very slow dance while the children repeated the tortoise chant

Then, finally, Tyrone moved out of the parade line and all of the children cheered He turned a somersault, spun in a circle on his back, and then jumped to his feet and started the T rex part of the rap: