Songs About Life and Brighter Things Yet XXIII
The ostrich lives in foreign lands And trots along the burning sands, And when from foes it would escape. It hides its head — the silly ape!
Samuel Hoffenstein
The ostrich lives in foreign lands And trots along the burning sands, And when from foes it would escape. It hides its head — the silly ape!
Samuel Hoffenstein’s little verse works like a nursery rhyme with a sting. It describes an ostrich in a hot, distant desert, trotting over the sand. When danger appears, the bird supposedly tries to escape by burying its head.
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