ðeɪ ɪŋklˈuːd ɐ bɹˈæs lˈaɪən hiː fˈaʊnd ɪnðə ɡˈɑːɹbɪdʒ, ɐn ˈaɪvɚɹi dˈɔŋki hɪz pˈɛɹənts bɹˈɔːt bˈæk fɹʌm mˈɛksɪkˌoʊ, tˈuː ˈaʊlz ðæt wɜː wˈʌns jˈuːzd æz sˈɔlt ænd pˈɛpɚ ʃˈeɪkɚz, ɐ ɡlˈæs jˈuːnɪkˌɔːɹn wɪð ɪts hˈɔːɹn bɹˈoʊkən, ɐ fˈæmɪli ʌv kˈɑːkɚ spˈænjəlz ˌɔn ɐn ˈæʃtɹeɪ, ɐ kˈæŋɡɐɹˌuː, ɐ fˈɑːks, ɐ ɹækˈuːn, ɐn ˈɛlɪfənt, ɐ wˈʊdən hˈɪpəpˌɑːɾæməs, ænd ˈʌðɚ tʃˈaɪnə ˈænɪməlz tˈuː tʃˈɪpt tʊ aɪdˈɛntᵻfˌaɪ.
They include a brass lion he found in the garbage, an ivory donkey his parents brought back from Mexico, two owls that were once used as salt and pepper shakers, a glass unicorn with its horn broken, a family of cocker spaniels on an ashtray, a kangaroo, a fox, a raccoon, an elephant, a wooden hippopotamus, and other china animals too chipped to identify.