短くなった舌

熱帯にお住まいの鰐口長舌のじいさんは、山盛り魚を皿ごと一気に飲み込んだ。
長い舌もついでに飲み込み、咽喉を詰まらせた熱帯のじいさん。

There was an Old Man of the South,
Who had an immoderate mouth;
But in swallowing a dish,
That was quite full of fish,
He was choked, that Old Man of the South.

エドワード・リア『ナンセンスの絵本』より