HELP

By:Jack Pretlutsky
From: The Snopp on the Sidewalk
Published By: Greenwillow Books
Can anybody tell me, please,
a bit about the thing
with seven legs and furry knees,
four noses and a wing?

Oh what has prickles on its chin,
what's yellow, green and blue,
and what has soft and slimy skin?
Oh tell me, tell me, do.


Image Adapted from a picture by Byron Barton

 And tell me, what has polka dots
on every other ear,
what ties its tail in twenty knots,
what weeps a purple tear?

Oh what is growling long and low
and please, has it been fed?
I think I'd really better know...
it's sitting on my head.
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Can anybody tell me, please,
a bit about the thing
with seven legs and furry knees,
four noses and a wing?

Oh what has prickles on its chin,
what's yellow, green and blue,
and what has soft and slimy skin?
Oh tell me, tell me, do. And tell me, what has polka dots
on every other ear,
what ties its tail in twenty knots,
what weeps a purple tear?

Oh what is growling long and low
and please, has it been fed?
I think I'd really better know...
it's sitting on my head.

This is a humorous poem uses lots of desciptive vocabulary (e.g. furry slimy). Use lots of descriptive words to describe an imaginary creature you have found. You may also want to use some rhyming like this poem does.


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