Mr Malcom, the Vervet monkey,
unlike those other scoundrels,
prefers a sedate walk along the ground,
instead of wild branch flounders.

When the troop attack the house,
and loot the poor man’s kitchen,
Malcolm will be sampling wine and cheese,
and perhaps a fine roasted pigeon.

For Mr Malcom is a gentle-monkey,
He avers the fighting and screeching.
Though indulging his philosophical bent,
His peers avoid the sanctimonious preaching.