Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla

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Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla is a character from the well-known learning show Schoolhouse Rock! Rufus is the main character for the song about pronouns, sung by his friend Albert Andreas Armadillo. Rufus finds and befriends a kangaroo, or as we should state it, HE found IT.

Rufus also has a sister, Rafaella Gabriela Sarsaparilla, who befriends an aardvark. And the singer of the tale, Albert, befriends a rhinoceros. They ride around the forest explaining to kids how much better and easier it is to use pronouns. The reason why they have such long names is to stress this message even futher.

Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla wears safari clothes and at first is riding a pogo stick, as saying full words can be tiring so can riding a pogo stick, so he seems quite happy when he finds his kangaroo for the first time. He quickly mounts it and they ride happily through the wilderness.

The line of the song that expresses the most efficiency of pronouns is as follows:

Rafaella Gabriela and Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla and Albert Andreas Armadillo found an aardvark, a kangaroo, and a rhinoceros. And now that aardvark and that kangaroo and that rhinoceros belong respectively to Rafaella Gabriela Sarsaparilla and Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla and Albert Andreas Armadillo

Changed to:

WE found THEM and THEY found US and now THEY are OURS and WE're so happy