I don't know where I read this
There was an old curate of Kew
Who kept a tom cat in his pew.
He taught it to speak
Alphabetical Greek
But it never got further than μ.
Here is my modest effort in the same waggish spirit.
There was an old man of Clontarf
Who kept a small dog in his bath.
He saw some attractions
In teaching it fractions,
But it never got further than ½.
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Excellent, and every clever!
If I could gild the lily, keeping it in/on.by his hearth might help readers north of say Retford appreciate it more immediately.
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PS There must be something in a similar vein to the original involving π, but I think you would do it better than I could, so I shan’t attempt anything.
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US version?
There was an old man of Llandaff
Who kept a small dog in his bath.
He saw some attractions
In teaching it fractions,
But it never got further than ½.
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OK....
A mathematician of Bute
Nursed a complex seed to a shoot.
Though carefully cherished
It finally perished
For lack of a postive √