by Dennis Lee > I Met a Man > > author unknown > > As I was going up the stair Alligator pie, alligator pie, If I don't get some I think I'm gonna die. Give away the green grass, give away...
The Family Dog
from Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume I won Dribble at Jimmy Fargo's birthday party. All the other guys got to take home goldfish in little plastic bags. I won him because I guessed...
The Fox Went Out on a Chilly Night
The fox went out on a chilly night, And begged the moon to give him light, For he had many a mile to go that night Before he reached the town-o! Town-o! town-o! For he had many a mile to go that...
Teach Us, Amelia Bedelia
> by Peggy Parish The telephone was ringing. "I'm coming, I'm coming," said Amelia Bedelia. She answered the telephone. "Mrs. Rogers!" she said. "Where are you?" "I'm at the airport in Pinewood,"...
Galoshes
> by Rhoda W. Bacmeister > > Susie's galoshes > > Make splishes and sploshes And slooshes and sloshes, As Susie steps > slowly Along in the slush. > > The slippery slush > > As it slooshes and...
Vern
by Gwendolyn Brooks When walking in a tiny rain Across the vacant lot, A pup's a good companion--- If a pup you've got. And when you've had a scold, And no one loves you very, And you cannot be...
Mother Doesn’t Want a Dog
by Judith Viorst Mother doesn't want a dog. Mother says they smell, And never sit when you say sit, Or even when you yell. And when you come home late at night And there is ice and snow, You...
A Riddle! A Riddle!
1\. Riddle me, riddle me, what is that, Over the head and under the hat? > It's just like a cup; It's yellow, as yellow as butter, And they call it 3. A riddle, a riddle, as I suppose, a hundred...
The Riddles
> from Morris and Boris by Bernard Wiseman Boris the Bear met Morris the Moose. "Do you like riddles?" Boris asked. Morris asked, "How do they taste?" Boris said, "You do not eat riddles." Morris...
The End
by A. A. Milne When I was One, I had just begun. When I was Two, I was nearly new. When I was Three, I was hardly Me. When I was Four, I was not much more. When I was Five, I was just alive. ...