I carved this for my Granddaughter Clare, she calls me Poppi. Clare Martin wrote this clever poem about Platypuses.

A platypus looks like a beaver and a duck,
So it's just your luck,
If you see one in the wild!
They are very strange animals.
Platypuses lay eggs but they are mammals!
And on the back of their ankles,
The males have a venomous tooth!
None live in a telephone booth
But most live in Australia.
While they might not wear lots of regalia,
Platypuses have intelligent minds,
And all are one of a kind!