Ann Garrett is an author of fiction and nonfiction for children and adults. She loves travel, kids, animals and great conversations. Happily married, she lives and writes in CA. "Here's Ears" is in Short Circuit #11, Short Édition's quarterly review.

Elephants use their ears as fans;they're so much bigger than a man's.They scatter pesky flies with ease,and really stir up quite a breeze.This dog is called a Basset Hound.His tummy almost skims the ground.His ears are droopy so he worriesthat they'll trip him if he hurries.For those long ears a hare is famous,and so we hope no one will blame usif we follow people's habitand call the hare a "bunny rabbit."A lynx looks like a household kittywhen he's young and itty bitty.His pointed ears sprout tufts of hair.He's striped and spotted everywhere.The mouse hears well with tiny earswhen from her li

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