giraffes opera As the giraffes are deaf, the song remains enclosed in their heads Only while starring

attentively in their eyes, one can see if they sings right or wrong First Scene Choir of the giraffes Burden : One's upon a time were giraffes It use to be a lot of giraffes Soon wouldn't be anymore That's mister the man who kill'em Verse : The tall giraffes are deaf Little giraffes seldom On the deaf plaza I saw an old man with a lot of hairs topped hairs were his coat But on top of the coat He was wholly bearded above the giraffe hair top bearded in old man hairs they are deaf the tall giraffes but tiny ones are rarities Second Scene On the Deaf square (in Paris) The old man of the song crosses the square making twirls with his cane. The old man(he sings) : A swallow doesn't make spring but my coat sure 'll do it this winter A swallow... Suddenly, another old man come to his encounter ans as he knows him and the other too, they stop facing each other, taking this hat off from above their heads, put it back, cough a bit asking how it goes,answer that all goes well, as this as that not bad and yourself, and the family too, alright thank you very much then, they come to the conversation itself : First old man : very happy to see you ,,, Second old man : Me too, and your son, still in the colonies, how is he, what does he, how much does he makes, in what is he trafficking in, precious island timber, coconuts ? First old man (very proud) : nope, the giraffes Second old man : ah perfect... well... very well, the giraffes ( he feels the cloth of the coat), gee... that first quality giraffe, your son do things well...

At this instant, two giraffes cross slowly the deaf square and the two old men do as they didn't recognize them, mainly the one with the coat, he's horribly disturbed and so for the giraffes having a good opinion of him, he praises them and the other old man sing along : Choir of the two old men : Ah the days of the giraffes It was the good old days In a petty attic with a tall giraffe how we were happy at in our twenties'(twice) Burden : But, they'll come back the days of the giraffes... At the very moment of the old man announcing that the giraffes times are back, the giraffes leaves ,shrugging their shoulders Third scene At the colonies The son of the old man wander around with one of his friend, they each carry a gun. The son, who was starring in the airs, spot a giraffe, lows his sight and seeing the whole of it becomes very angry. The son : Get out of the world, giraffe, go away ! He aims, shout, the giraffe falls, he put his foot on it, his friend take a picture Suddenly, the son palish : what fly did picked you ask his friend The son : I don't know He drop his gun, fall on the giraffe and fall asleep for some years, the fly was a mean tst-tse... The friend sees it, run away followed by the big bad fly... The giraffe fell, the man fell too, the night fall at it's turn and the moon enlighten the night ... The son is asleep, it seems like he's dead, the giraffe is dead, it seems she's asleep. Jacques Prvert