"Un día le pregunté a la cebra:
«¿Eres una cebra blanca con rayas negras
o una cebra negra con rayas blancas?»
La cebra, mirándome, me preguntó:
«¿Tú eres un hombre inquieto con momentos tranquilos
o un hombre tranquilo con momentos de inquietud?
¿Eres un tipo descuidado de maneras ordenadas
o un tipo ordenado de maneras descuidadas?
¿Eres un hombre feliz con momentos tristes
o un hombre triste con momentos felices?»
Nunca más le preguntaré a la cebra sobre sus rayas."
-Shel Silverstein

"I asked the zebra
Are you black with white stripes?
Or white with black stripes?
And the zebra asked me,
Or you good with bad habits?
Or are you bad with good habits?
Are you noisy with quiet times?
Or are you quiet with noisy times?
Are you happy with some sad days?
Or are you sad with some happy days?
Are you neat with some sloppy ways?
Or are you sloppy with some neat ways?
And on and on and on and on
And on and on he went.
I'll never ask a zebra
About stripes
Again."
-Shel Silverstein