This poem is told from the perspective of different animals describing what they see. Each animal asks the next what it sees, with the responses forming a chain ending with the Egypt classroom seeing itself. The animals sighted include a white cow, green butterfly, grey hippo, black cat, white dog, brown turtle, yellow lion, grey mouse, goldfish, brown kangaroo, purple eel, grey rhino, orange tiger, brown monkey, black penguin, orange octopus, blue horse, red octopus, blue whale, yellow snake, and brown bear.

1. By the children of the Egypt classroom.

2. White cow, white cow,
what do you see?
I see a green
butterfly
looking at me.

3. Green butterfly, green
butterfly, what do you see?
I see a grey hippo looking at me.

4. Grey hippo, grey hippo,
what do you see?
I see a black cat
looking at me.

5. Black cat,
black cat, what
do you see?
I see a white dog
looking at me.

6. White dog, white
dog, what do you
see?
I see a brown
turtle looking at
me.

7. Brown turtle, brown turtle,
what do you see?
I see a yellow lion looking
at me

8. Yellow lion, yellow lion,
what do you see?
I see a grey
mouse looking at
me.

9. Grey mouse, grey
mouse, what do
you see?
I see a goldfish
looking at me.

10. Goldfish, goldfish, what do
you see?
I see a brown
kangaroo looking at
me.

11. Brown kangaroo, brown
kangaroo, what do you
see?
I see a purple eel
looking at me.

12. Purple eel, purple eel, what do
you see?
I see a grey rhino looking at me.

13. Grey rhino, grey rhino,
what do you see?
I see an orange
tiger looking at me.

14. Orange tiger, orange
tiger, what do you see?
I see a brown monkey
looking at me.

15. Brown monkey, brown monkey,
what do you see?
I see a black
penguin looking at
me.

16. Black penguin, black
penguin, what do you
see?
I see an orange
octopus looking at
me.

17. Orange octopus, orange octopus,
what do you see?
I see a blue
horse looking at
me.

18. Blue horse, blue horse,
what do you see?
I see a red octopus looking at me.

19. Red octopus, red
octopus, what do
you see?
I see a blue whale
looking at me.

20. Blue whale, blue whale, what do
you see?
I see a yellow snake
looking at me.

21. Yellow snake, yellow
snake, what do you
see?
I see a brown bear
looking at me.

22. Brown bear, brown bear,
what do you see?
I see the Egypt classroom looking at me.

23. Egypt classroom, Egypt classroom, what do you see?

24. We see…
That’s what we see.