The elephant's trunkis for picking up pistachios:no need to bend over.
大象的長鼻是用來撿開心果的，沒必要彎下腰；
The giraffe's neckis for grazing on stars:no need to fly.
長頸鹿的長頸是為了追逐星星的，沒必要飛翔;
The chameleon's skin,green, blue, lavender, white,as it wishes,is for hiding from ravenous animals:no need to flee.
變色龍的皮膚綠色，藍色，粉色，白色，任由它選擇。是用來躲避動物，沒必要逃跑;
The turtle's shell,is for sleeping inside,even in winter:no need for a house.
烏龜的殼，是讓它在裡頭睡覺的，就算是在冬天也好.沒必要一個屋子
The poet's poem,is for saying all of thatand a thousand thousand thousand other things:no need to understand.
詩人的詩歌是為了吟誦所有的這些那些，那還有其他成千上萬的東西，沒必要理解
[Alain Bosquet]
